Why Don't More People Love Audio?

You really don't have to mortgage your life away to get a half way decent system on the used market. Most people are just flat out indifferent to high end audio and are more than content listening to their ipod. I do happen to think there is a small percentage out there though, if properly exposed would undoubtedly jump on the runaway audiophile bandwagon

The larger question is most likely, 'Why don't more people love music enough to make it a LARGER part of their daily lives?' For example, why don't more people become more invested in music as opposed to Television?
The other night, I was talking to a new girlfriend on the phone...we began talking about music and I suggested that we turn our computers on and go to YouTube.
We then spent, 4 hours laughing and talking, listening to music--some she'd never heard of...partly because of age, (she's 16 years younger) and partly because of my music 'habit'.
We came to the Nancy Wilson/Cannonball Adderley songs, 'Save Your Love For Me' and 'The Masquerade Is Over'...she was really, really loving Nancy. AND she loved Cannonball's sound and solos.
Frankly, I was thinking globally, that it was a bit sad that more people are unaware of such music--music that I've known for almost half a century, she'd never known, and further thought that Nancy Wilson 'has the most spectacular voice I've ever heard.'
I think, if more people were exposed to music that could move them, they'd become more invested in 'audio', 'cause and effect'.

The other part of the evening that I liked a lot, was the notion, that there's still a lot more music out there that I too haven't heard yet, that's exciting.

Good listening,
Larry

4 hours is a lot of foreplay to waste on the phone.

you can love music but employ a medium that is very inexpensive, not "audiophile" quality" and still derive immense pleasure from listening.

there was a study in stereophile years ago that found that satisfaction from listening to music had a low correlation with the quality of sound.

i believe that the above-mentioned study is one explanation for the paucity of audiophiles.

by the way, the law of the golden mean is also a concept found in philosophical writings.

hi nsgarch:

i was not alluding to the golden rule. it bears no relevance to my comments. i am well aware of the fibonacci series. i was a math major.