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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Jennifer Garner's Hockey Playing boyfriend has a 'hifi setup' in 13 going on 30 (girlfriend dragged me to it) any idea what the speakers are?
Asonicyouth, the table in "Indecent P.." is a VPI TNT with an Eminent Technologies tonearm.
I gasped in the theater much to the dissapointment of my wife and was quickly followed with an elbow to the ribs!
"Love Potion No.9" has a Krell system in it...
There's pair of Martin Logans in the home of the sleazy record producer in "The Limey". In "Traffic" the hit man talks about his B&W speakers before, as I recall, he gets bumped off himself. Both films were directed by Steven Soderbergh. Maybe there'll be something in "Ocean's Twelve".
Remember the Mel Gibson flick where he can "hear" what women are thinking, with Helen Hunt? i thnk it was called "What Women Want". Anyway, I seem to remember him spinning vinyl on a fairly pompous system in one of the scenes.
It's an image thing. The studio will pay for what the the producer thinks the audience will notice or want to see.
I worked in a store that sold telescopes, and quite often studios would rent a huge telescope for about 20% of it's retail value (sometimes the owner would cut the fee for a credit).
The studios must not feel that the audience will notice or care about high end equipment, especially since it's a bit esoteric, and not as noticable as a huge telescope or an italian sports car. I have noticed, as in Austin Powers spoof type movies, that entertainment packages that include moving beds and automatic lighting changes get some play.
I guess high end audio isn't sexy enough.