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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in "traffic", the psychopathic killer, after being kidnapped and tortured by the generale's men tells the generale that he has b&w speakers and makes his own cds--he says most people don't care but that it's very important to him. a moving tribute to audiophilia.
Fun subject. I think that was a Threshold amplifier and maybe Primer or MF components topped by a turntable in Californication. He was about to buy his daughter a nice Les Paul.

Fabio, Anybody who can make a good living by simply having a sense of humor about himself has got to be somewhat cool.

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Saw 'The Mechanic' last night starring Jason Statham. He had what appeared to be a ClearAudio turntable and tube preamp or tube integrated in his killer bachelor pad. Of course he went through the record cleaning ritual before he put the LP on the turntable....that was a nice nod to audiophiles. He also told his house guest to NEVER TOUCH his rig. Later in the movie, the guy foolishly touched his rig, and Jason made him pay dearly for it.
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The most memorable "system" for me in a movie was from Philadelphia, as mentioned previously by Tubedaddy. Tom Hanks was an audiophile, given the equipment he owned. But more than that, he was a very passionate listener of music. Touching scene in a very touching movie.....Let's also not forget the giant sub woofer/speaker in that Back to the Future movie. Maybe not high end, but wow.....
How about the credit for SOTA turntables at the end of House? I think I saw the turntable once or twice.