Exposure is not the issue. Just because you make something possible does not mean you make it happen. Providing tax breaks to the wealthy will provide jobs we have been told. Thirty years later we have far fewer jobs than when this theory was sold to us. Making it possible (one more time) DOES NOT MAKE IT HAPPEN.
I provided a clear explanation above which made it possible for you to understand that some people just don't get the audio bug no matter how much exposure they"enjoy". These people represent the vast majority of humanity. Many, if not most, of us make sacrifices of time and money to participate in this hobby. Most of us, it could be said, are obsessive about it. Regular old folks like you see walking around and driving their cars and shopping for Reynolds Wrap or a toaster don't give a rosy damn how great a sound system performs. They'l hear it and say it sounds nice or it sounds great or Holy Sh*t, man, that's killer, and they'll still go home and forget about it. They do not have an urge to own and don't care if they never have that experience again.
So --------- repeat after me ----- making something possible does not make it so.
I have tried cigars because I worked with a bunch of guys who loved them and wanted me to love them as well. I was given some expensive smuggled Cuban thing to try and I followed their advice. I went home, sat on the swing in the back yard after dinner, lit it up by myself and puffed away. All the circumstances were ideal and I gave it every chance I could. Yecchhh. I not only didn't love it --- I didn't even like it. Opera went the same way. Golf too. Even though millions of people are as passionate about those things as you are about audio, I didn't care to invest my time, my money, or myself in any of them.
Please pull out of your pompous fantasy and just accept the fact that you are the weirdo -- not the guy on the street.
If you get pleasure from your system, that alone should be enough. There is no need to proselytize. To each his own.
Another thought - when I started selling retail audio in 1975, everyone was a prospect. Owning a stereo was de rigueur at the time and families poured through the door constantly in pursuit of a sound system. They were all exposed equally. Some bought upscale but most went entry level and stayed there until twenty years later when they looked into home theater. Only a small percentage got the bug and began the crusade. Many were called but few were chosen. All were exposed.
