Audio has reached its tipping point. The upcoming generations despise the concept of good audio, because they despise the audiophiles that push the concept of good audio. The generations who did buy audio have already bought audio and the only people still buying good audio equipment are largely our grotesquely wealthy Chinese owners, who pay vast sums of money to possess highly-polished trinkets they can pass off as status symbols.High-end audio is decadent and morally bankrupt. It will inevitably die off in the coming years. And we made it that way, by fashioning it in our image.
We were the people who demanded exclusivity and inch-thick panels on our artisan-made stereo equipment, and now we moan because that exclusivity excludes us. We were subjectivists when it suited us, but now the subjective-led products are priced out of our orbit, we become indignant objectivists. We were the ones who rejected digital audio when the rest of the world embraced CD, then wonder why our thin little voice is not heard when decrying iTunes. We cheer the counter-culture hipsters who buy LPs, but woe betide anyone who dares to try to play that disc on our record players.
We bitch about products we don't buy, dealers we don't deal with, magazines we don't read and music we don't listen to. If they changed to bow to our every wish, we still wouldn't buy them, trade with them, read them or listen to them; we'd just be upset that we had nothing to be upset about.
So, this is how it's going to end. Not with a bang, or even a whimper, but a protracted whine from our man-caves. We built our Rome, and we are fiddling as it burns. Except this time, we are fiddling with our speaker spikes.
Edits: 03/28/12
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Topic - We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - Gag Halfrunt 04:43:59 03/28/12 (77)
- Who cares! - rick_m 09:45:52 03/30/12 (0)
- It goes in waves - morricab 06:49:38 03/30/12 (0)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - painter27 19:08:58 03/29/12 (0)
- Adapt or die...(long)... - Steve Parry 14:11:39 03/29/12 (0)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - cpuaudio 08:57:35 03/29/12 (11)
- Those 1970s record receivers/players were quite good - jedrider 10:48:56 03/29/12 (1)
- RE: Those 1970s record receivers/players were quite good - cpuaudio 12:11:07 03/29/12 (0)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - Inmate51 09:48:35 03/29/12 (8)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - josh358 20:37:18 03/29/12 (4)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - Inmate51 21:06:45 03/29/12 (3)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - josh358 05:29:21 03/30/12 (2)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - Inmate51 08:20:53 03/30/12 (1)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - josh358 09:37:16 03/30/12 (0)
- RE: "one area where we can reduce our Federal budget" - Rob Doorack 13:06:52 03/29/12 (0)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - cpuaudio 12:16:31 03/29/12 (1)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - Chazro 13:02:39 03/29/12 (0)
- Decadence and debauchery has never gone out of favor and will be around long after we're all gone; - cfb 07:40:47 03/29/12 (0)
- Now that is some doom! LOL (nt) - Pro Sound Guy 07:01:18 03/29/12 (0)
- Have a cup of tea and try to relax around a cozy.. - JayG 22:00:10 03/28/12 (0)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - v9 t3y y 20:44:13 03/28/12 (1)
- LOL. - Monster Inmate® 07:37:05 03/29/12 (0)
- Who's been in bed with who? - genungo 19:04:14 03/28/12 (0)
- Speak for yourself... - mkuller 18:59:33 03/28/12 (0)
- Too much coffee, Gag? -nt - E-Stat 18:23:04 03/28/12 (0)
- You're Attacking the Symptom, Not the Problem............. - Todd Krieger 17:43:14 03/28/12 (3)
- RE: You're Attacking the Symptom, Not the Problem............. - josh358 08:11:44 03/30/12 (2)
- RE: You're Attacking the Symptom, Not the Problem............. - Todd Krieger 15:12:19 03/30/12 (1)
- RE: You're Attacking the Symptom, Not the Problem............. - josh358 15:26:38 03/30/12 (0)
- Well....it was fun while it lasted! nt - Justlisten2 17:01:51 03/28/12 (0)
- Excellent endorsement for bringing back Sensible Sound. Next question... - Enophile 16:27:10 03/28/12 (0)
- {the only people still buying good audio equipment are largely our grotesquely wealthy Chinese owners} - three_sox 16:26:58 03/28/12 (0)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - Inmate51 14:25:12 03/28/12 (0)
- Run for your life! The sky is falling! nt - bjh 13:52:01 03/28/12 (0)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - IEaudiodude 13:42:22 03/28/12 (0)
- Rant over? Now don't we all feel better? LOL - Elizabeth 13:08:38 03/28/12 (0)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - Presto 12:58:23 03/28/12 (3)
- That's a great, really refreshing post! Thanks!...N/T - musetap 19:32:00 03/28/12 (0)
- Sounds about right to me! Nicely said! nt - BillyBenBilly 14:34:21 03/28/12 (0)
- Excellent rejoinder!!! nt - Tony Lauck 13:34:13 03/28/12 (0)
- Sorry all - Gag Halfrunt 12:51:44 03/28/12 (5)
- RE: Sorry all - JayG 22:04:32 03/28/12 (0)
- There are... - mkuller 20:45:33 03/28/12 (3)
- RE: There are... - Gag Halfrunt 03:37:04 03/29/12 (2)
- RE: There are... - Bill the K 08:10:30 03/29/12 (0)
- RE: There are... - Inmate51 06:21:15 03/29/12 (0)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - fstein 12:42:37 03/28/12 (1)
- the truth hurts - OneTinSoldier 12:51:09 03/28/12 (0)
- I'm not lying in this Bed! - jedrider 12:23:57 03/28/12 (0)
- Really? - Sordidman 11:55:56 03/28/12 (0)
- Not enough stereotypes. - mwhitmore 11:27:44 03/28/12 (0)
- I'll take what she's having. - Paul_A 11:01:04 03/28/12 (1)
- RE: I'll take what she's having. - Raymond Leggs 11:27:25 03/28/12 (0)
- trolls like this should be over in the Whiners forum /nt - bwb 10:56:29 03/28/12 (0)
- There is nothing wrong with the audio industry... - jsm71 09:55:35 03/28/12 (0)
- WTF? - mbnx01 09:46:53 03/28/12 (0)
- What a bleak dismal outlook. The sky is not falling. - Kloss 09:43:49 03/28/12 (2)
- RE: What a bleak dismal outlook. The sky is not falling. - nairb 10:16:02 03/28/12 (1)
- or unregistered posters who hide in the dark -t - Sordidman 10:33:50 03/28/12 (0)
- The upcoming generations despise the concept of good audio, because they despise the audiophiles that push.... - Awe-d-o-file 08:59:27 03/28/12 (0)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - geezerrocket 08:51:28 03/28/12 (0)
- It has taken a lot of work for me to become decadent and morally bankrupt. ... - viridian 08:01:16 03/28/12 (0)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - Frank I 06:42:10 03/28/12 (0)
- Huh? - Jack G 06:05:38 03/28/12 (2)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - hg 05:44:19 03/28/12 (8)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - Gag Halfrunt 06:34:27 03/28/12 (7)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - Tony Lauck 12:26:33 03/28/12 (1)
- Right you are, but there are too many providers. nt - Norm 10:56:25 03/29/12 (0)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - hg 07:53:00 03/28/12 (3)
- ah, the resurface of the Andy19191 troll: back again? -t - Sordidman 10:41:26 03/28/12 (0)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - Gag Halfrunt 08:29:13 03/28/12 (1)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - hg 10:42:33 03/28/12 (0)
- RE: We all made this bed. Now we have to lie in it! - adaug 06:48:15 03/28/12 (0)
- You use "We" way too much. -nt - soulfood 05:01:16 03/28/12 (1)
- You think he has a turd in his pocket? nt. - jea48 06:40:33 03/28/12 (0)
- Yawn! - hawkmoon 04:53:14 03/28/12 (0)