No Audiophiles in Hollywood


A thought just came to me that a lot of movies show us the lives of fictional people doing the everyday things that real people do. However, we never see anyone sitting down and listening to a high end system.

The only thing that I can remember is when the billionaire played by Robert Redford put on an LP on what appeared to be a high end turntable in the movie "Indecent Proposal".

I have never seen exposed tubes on-screen, or an amp of any type for that matter. Big speakers, fuggedaboudit...it seems hifi does not fit the decor scheme of movie sets, or more realistically, audiophiles are rarer on earth than Klingons and Romulans and hollywood does not know of their existence.

It would seem that some of the well heeled actors, directors and producers would own a killer 2 channel system and periodically include one in a scene when the character has discretionary income.

We've all seen scenes with the wife complaining about the husband always watching sports, but never complaining about him pampering his hi-fi rig.

We've all seen characters with automobiles and other toys that we've envied, but never a stereo system to make you salivate.

Anyone ever see a hi-fi system onscreen worth mentioning?

Just a thought.
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has anyone seen skywalker's ranch? 5 x B&W sig. 800's for his surround sound setup..... i don't know his other components though....
Yeah... Thats an awesome studio. I saw a picture of it in a B&W pamphlet.

If i ever get stupid rich, im gonna built an HT based off of what he has. Now THAT is the way star wars was meant to be heared! :)
Cool deal Slappy, you deserve a nice system like that!

As long as you don't start writing boring movies with characters no one cares about, then start ruining classic movies you made in your youth that the whole world loves by inserting stupid CG/FX scenes for no good reason.

Get the system, and just stay Slappy!
You have McIntosh in the film As Good As It Gets. In What Women Want with Mel Gibson he had a Mark Levinson Reference system with Revel Gems in the bedroom.