Why Don't More People Love Audio?

Hm, sounds like some of the stuff I wrote at various times. My credo: set a budget, buy the best sounding equipment you can within that budget and then sit down to some tunes. May I add another point: hope you win the lotto or come into an inheritance from an unlikely source. Good day.

Most of my friends that come over think my system sounds great. But they can't or won't justify spending the 5k msrp i did. Even though i could make them very happy spending much less. Maybe someday one of my friends will catch on to this. But until then i'll just have to keep trying new stuff and reading about your setups. Also on my age 35 and under being dumded up. I agree, i used to listen to crap. Now i find myself buying more jazz. But i also listen to the system more than the music sometimes. Just a thought.

Tommy, you are not alone. There has been a lot of discussion here about critical listening vs. pure enjoyment of the music (btw, they are not necessarily separable). There's nothing wrong with appreciating the quality of your system and enjoying the music even more because it is well reproduced. Enjoy.

LAck of awareness of audio, confusion, expense, snake oil, easier to stay out alltogether than get caught up in it all.

The number one reason is lack of exposure. Even without all the ear-training, many high end systems are dynamite to listen to at first hearing, musical as can be and fabulous, fabulous imaging. But where in a normal lifetime does a non-cognoscente get to hear such things? Most people have no idea what can be done with sound.