Why Don't More People Love Audio?

Here's one explanation.

Should a good system sound bad with bad recording?

Is hi-end audio as it exists today relevant to what most people listen to?

because most people dont understand good music and sound, most people just like to listen to "NOISE" not good music that takes you to heaven. Quite frankly, most/some people are cheap with it comes to audio

People do: mark my words, the iPod will eventually be that which grows the high end business again.

The Ipod is headed in the wrong direction. High end audio will flourish again when labor unions return to power and pot is legalized, or when hell freezes over, whichever comes first.

I think there are several reasons why high end audio is such a limited market. First of all the general public has no idea it exists. The greatest product in the world will not sell if no one is aware of it in the first place. Secondly, people need to be moved emotionally by a system if they are going to shell out extra dollars for a high end rig. Friends of mine thought I should have my head examined for the amount of money I've spent on my system until they came over and experienced an evening of music. When the lights went out and the music started they were awestruck because for the first time an audio system delivered the emotion of music. Every audiophile out there knows exactly what I mean. Another reason is the fact that people tend to be more visual than audio. This is why a family will likely spend several thousand dollars on a new HDTV and next to nothing on audio. Hopefully some day more people will have experienced what hi end is all about!