Why Don't More People Love Audio?

Larryb "The most popular types of music - pop, rock and rap is reproduced better on non-audiophile systems."
Huh?
Maybe it's that people who like this type of music aren't the type who are willing to spend a lot of money on a stereo. People making stereo stuff know this and tailor the sound to classical (Sonus Faber for example, Musical Fidelity for another).
I like rock, pop, and some rap and IMHO is is VERY difficult to find a stereo which can do justice to this type of music. ATC active 100's and Naim being the exceptions to the rule.

Cdc - I'm not sure why you're having such a problem finding equipment to match your musical tastes. My gear has no problem reproducing any kind of music I decide I want to hear.

Perhaps your gear is too "colored" or artificial-sounding.

Eagleman6722,
Ok! I now see what YOU mean by "analytical". OK, each time I read "analytical" in your text, I'll substitute it with my equivalent word for it - "discriminating". To me "analytical" means somebody critically dissecting the sound into dynamics, soundstage width & height, transparency, air, blah, blah.... All those audiophile words you might have read time & again.
I think what you are after is good & excellent recordings that make the music sound more real rather than the mass-produced CDs you find @ Walmart. Am I right? If so, in my words you are a discriminating music listener rather than an analytical music listener. Anyway, IMHO. FWIW. YMMV.

Bombaywalla,
Actually I am both. Discriminating as you describe for CDs and records that sound good and analytical. I just changed tubes in my Audio research sp9 Mk2 to Amperex USN-CEP's which completely changed the character of the pre. Last week I bought a TAD-150 on the write ups and advise of Agon members to see if I am getting the best bang for the buck. One of the pres will go, probably the ARc if I agree with the reviews. Then in March when I have a little spare coin , I am sending my McCormack DNA-1 to Steve McCormack for a Rev -B upgrade. So i guess I evolved from discriminating to both over time....

Eagleman

Hi Rex, I'm happy you have found the system of your dreams. Nope the problem is not coloration. As I said before, I really think the problem is that systems are voiced for people who have a lot of money to spend and most of those people aren't listening to rock. The sytems that "are", have bumped up, underdamped, bloated bass and sometimes a bright tweeter.
Why don't more people love audio? One reason may be because high end audio is not voiced for popular music ("Popular" meaning what most people listen to).