Why Don't More People Love Audio?

77jovian, you hit it, in a nice way as well.
I would like to see some exposure to classical music, ballet & opera starting with the earliest grades.
My first Opera exposure was Orpheus & the Underworld with my grade 5 class and it made a great impression with all of us as I remember.
Action, danger, dynamic music; kids can dig that.
Just one experience a year from ~ grade 5 on would enhance music appreciation considerably-and help save our orchestras as well,imho.

I visited the family of one of my daughter's friends to pick her up after playtime. Stone walls inside the house, multiple large fireplaces including bedrooms and kitchen, home theater resembling a small, luxury commercial venue. Dad, correctly and to his credit, first asked me if I'd like a beer. I answered in the obviously affirmative. He led me to a bar refrigerator stocked with cases of... Bud Light, Miller Lite, or Coors Light. Cavernous wine cellar empty. You tell me...

why is there such a concern with the thoughts and opinions of other people ? if you have an interest in something and someone else doesn't, why obsess about it ?

Yep, Mrtennis, you hit it-- If everyone else enjoyed my hobbies, I would begin to question what I was doing... Good point.

The concern, Mrtennis, is that high fidelity audio has become such a niche market that people are settling for sub-standard MP3 quality. Ergo, the CD market is dying and high fidelity will surely die along with it. Eventually no new music will be released on CD. Even engineering techniques have taken a turn for the worse. Check out "The Death of High Fidelity" in Rolling Stone's 2007 Yearbook issue.