Disappointing Evening


I had some dinner guest's over last evening. I had my main system warming up just in case there was some interest from them in audio. I have a second system that was playing when they arrived. It's a Bang & Olufsen BeoSound 9000 that my inlaws gave me a few years back. Well soon enough a couple of them were commenting about the good music, so I asked if they would like to hear my pride and joy system, mostly all tube gear that (IMO) looks pretty cool with all the tubes lit up and sounds way better than the B&O stuff. No interest at all in the tube system and they hovered around the B&O loving the way the glass door opened and the arm moved to each CD. Boy was I insulted, all the time, money and energy I have in my tube system!
markpao
My little son often get frustrated when the girl he likes would not follow him to his bunch of bionicles he built. Does this hobby create infantility?
Don't be disappointed, you're time and energy was invested for your pleasure. Serious music listeners would have recognized the difference in sound quality of your tube system. It's not your fault that these particular folks have a limited sense of discernment and probably do not do serious listening. You know the old saying, you can bring the horse to the water, but you can't make it drink.
Horses got big heads but not much for brains .I heard it several times and it has been documented , that horses when in panic,they run back in their burning stables to their death after they have been rescued from the fire .This phenomenon occurs mostly at night fires.
hi cyclonicman:

please don't confuse lack of interest with lack of discernment. a person can detect a difference between quality of things, without being interested.

its a matter of priorities. where the priority is high, one will be more dilligent, where priority or interest is low, one may be more superficial in one's evaluation or not be concerned of the difference.

the fact the sound is not important to mnay people or the fact that the size, clarity, or color of a video image is of little concern, where someone would be content to view a movie on a less than clear or lifelike color image does not imply a deficit in intelligence or dicsrnment, but is rather an expresion of taste or lack thereof.

this aapplies to food as well, wher someone is content to eat a hamburger and does not desire a more expensive cut of meat.

the more expensive steak, e.g, is easily recognizable but someone may not care to eat it.

in general, one who does not strive for the best is not always ignorant of what the best is.