Why Don't More People Love Audio?

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.

The title of this thread can be read two ways, but from his expanation, I get that Tucker is referring to the HOBBY of audio, as opposed to the SOUND quality of audio. OK, that's cool. However it's true (wouldn't everyone agree?) that it's always an encounter with the second that (sometimes) leads to the first.

Everyone (and I mean everyone of every age) has been thrilled on hearing my system. I think a person would have to be deaf, or in excruciating pain, NOT to be thrilled by the experience of hi end audio reproduction! In fact, the general public now thinks the name for it is: THX !

But whether or not someone would consider the actual acquisition of such equipment for themselves, has to do with their discretionary spending priorities which, besides the equipment cost, would have to include providing the space and setup personnel (if one is not articularly "hands on." Think Goldmund ;-) Nor is the hobby itself for those into instant gratification.

With all the stimulation/distraction available in today's consumer society, I'm amazed as many take an interest in this hobby as do!

Nsgarch,
I went thru a house today and saw lots af cassettes and mentioned to the owner must like music;;-
he said yes because there's nothing worth watching on tv.
I think your sound comment is right on as most people never, ever get to hear high end music repro-so-how can they be interested.l