Why Don't More People Love Audio?

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.

if it is like the weather, then discussing it won't change anything. in that case, be concerned, but you can't change what you can't change.

if you think something will change, what will change and how will it change ?

no one can be coerced into appreciating something if it is not important to that person. audio is important to a minority of minorities.

Mrtennis: Coercion??? Who says we're trying to force people to love hifi? Are we jamming people's heads against a speaker and saying "this is what it's supposed to sound like now love it or else"?

Of course discussing it won't change anything. Listening will. If you have a hifi, invite friends, coworkers, family members, etc. to bring their favorite recordings over and have them listen to them on your system. Chances are most people won't take up the hobby, but some will. Word of mouth advertising doesn't work here, direct exposure does.