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In Reply to: RE: Nah posted by E-Stat on May 23, 2008 at 06:50:33

True audiophile or no, there is a lot more competition for your dollar than just a few years ago. Most of it is not discretionary.

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RE: Nah - HarlemAirShaft 07:50:38 05/23/08 (1)
I have a friend my age who has no TV (never has owned one), no cell phone (never has owned one), no high speed internet, and rarely drives his old used car. But he still has his 25 year old monster electrostatics, not to mention those 3500 LP's.

The whole concept of having to have those so-called "necessities" is just an excuse. Either you love the sound of recorded music, reproduced by excellent equipment, or you don't. If a cell phone and big screen TV are the priority, then of course you are going to buy the cheapest and most convenient music reproduction system you can.

Of course, if you listen to the garbage that a lot of the younger listeners prefer today, then having a great stereo system doesn't matter at all, does it?
- RE: Nah - WW85 08:47:00 05/23/08 (0)
  Sounds like the friend with no TV or cell phone is a lot older than the younger "garbage" listeners today. That's a different audience than what the article was referring to. If you are under 30 a cell phone is necessity for 99.9% of the developed world.
  
  I have two college age daughters and have gotten tons of great music from them in the last few years. And trust me, they can tell the difference when it's playing on my stereo. The biggest bone of contention is that we can't put her mac itunes library on my pc based Sonos network.
  
  The stereo they want and what they will be able to afford in a few years will be two different things.

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