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Why Don't More People Love Audio?

Can anyone explain why high end audio seems to be forever stuck as a cottage industry? Why do my rich friends who absolutely have to have the BEST of everything and wouldn't be caught dead without expensive clothes, watch, car, home, furniture etc. settle for cheap mass produced components stuck away in a closet somewhere? I can hardly afford to go out to dinner, but I wouldn't dream of spending any less on audio or music.
tuckermorleyfca6
sedond
1,387 posts
 
detlof, while i enjoy reading your posts, & for the most part agree w/ewe, by yer analogy to cars, i can tell ewe *aren't* also a motorhead. :>) even tho cars' performance stats *can* be measured, like audio, some do *some* things better, while others excel in *other* things. and the "cognoscienti" most certainly do *not* agree! ;~)

while i am nowhere *near* financially able to own any car i wish, the porsche, while a fantastic automobile, *might* be in my stable - if i could afford the at least 10 other *must-haves* 1st... ;~)

regards, doug *no radio while i drive* sedon

detlof
1,899 posts
 
Thanks, Doug, you got the weak part of my argument...and I would be a motorhead, if I could only afford it. Regards
sedond
1,387 posts
 
hey detlof, if yure a cheepskate w/cars, (like i also am w/stereo!), ya can *still* have some fun! ;~) that's why there currently resides chez-sedon 3 alfas, a pantera, a buell & a ducati - all for about the same price as *one* gnu 5-series bmw... :>)

regards, doug

detlof
1,899 posts
 
WOW and for the same price as a gnu beemer ? Where do you shop and duh, what's a buell? (sounds Scandinavian, Viking sort of...)Forgive ye olde ignorance...
sedond
1,387 posts
 
i shop at autogon, where else? ;~) the buell is my one concession to non-italian transportation (except for my craftsman garden-tractor, which i'd love to upgrade to a fiat/allis!). it's an american-made sport-bike w/a harley engine, but tuned to deliver 90hp/90ft-lbs torque at the rear wheel - not bad for a 450-lb machine... ;~)

regards, doug s.

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