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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another vinyl sighting -

Before Sunrise - starring Evan Hawke

couple meet on a train, both get off in vienna
they go to a record shop and she briefly listens to some folk in a listening room on a turntable

nice dialog movie
And the end of Before Sunset as well. In Delpy's apartment is an old school 70's reciever.
gotta love delpy

where are gals like that?

maybe I should catch a train to vienna ;-)
I'm surprised that nobody in this thread mentioned the tape recorder prominently displayed in the background of the old "Dean Martin Show" or the JBL 4311 speaker in the background of the basement scenes on "That '70's Show".
Waking life - even though animated- had a scene in a guys apartment with tons of LP's and a nitty gritty machine. I was shot on DV then converted to animation however- so i was realy there.