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In Reply to: progressively fewer and fewer people have ever heard a good system posted by Jon L5 on May 6, 2007 at 10:46:14:
"I believe that there will come a point when the current trend will naturally reverse itself and audio will regain focus."I think this is wishful thinking. In my opinion, there is no chance of this ever happening. The only thing constant, for better or worse, is change. 2 channel and high-end audio will be a memory in another generation. That's only 20 years. Dealers who don't adapt won't be in business. Most of us, who've been doing this for 40 or more years will be taking dirt naps by then. There won't be anyone left to care.
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Typical old fogey talk. I'm 30 and have been interested since college. We don't disagree on that much. 2 channel and tubes may die but they are just types of high end that appeal to people in a particular age bracket. They aren't synonymous with high end. Like I said, there will always be a minority of people interested in quality audio just like there are a minority of people interested in quality everything else. The problem is that many audiophiles mistake the end of particular trends with the end of the whole thing. The new high end will be different than the old high end but will exist in one form or another.
Who you calling old?! You young whippersnapper! Dagnabbit!!
Sadly, I agree!!Many got started in this hobby building dyna kits or radios, etc.
But now, most are entering audio listening to the ipod/ mp3. And we audiophiles still think it is about sound quality! Ipod clearly shows that convenience is way more important to most people.
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