Why Don't More People Love Audio?

Lrsky - I completely agree with your post. I think TV is to blame. It is a time suck that has reduced interest in all sorts of hobbies. Audio/music is affected but isn't an isolated case.

Lrsky and Jult52, I agree as well. I did away with TV years ago. It is a brainwashing and dumbing-down tool. The movie Network, where the masses were throwing their TV' out the windows..."I'm mad as hell and I'm not gonna take it anymore!"

First of all let me expand my comment. (As long as my answers and comments generally are, how could I possibly expand, you might ask).
The issue at hand has to do with television only peripherally imho.
A given is that we have limited time during a day/night in which to recreate. With children and a job, recreation shrinks--with a wife it shrinks more...and so on.
The question is, 'What do we chose to do with our time?'
When I mentioned Television, it wasn't 'blaming television' for the lack of hobbiests...it was noting what's probably happening. People CHOSE to do what they will...television is a device that allows us to bask in the glow of something that allows our brains to go into neutral...chewing gum for the mind, if you will.
If the allure of music was stronger, people would flock to it...so in my mind, the question is, 'Why isn't the allure of music strong enough to overcome other activities?'
It is with me, even though I do gravitate to the TV all too often.
No, for whatever reasons, music does not hold the enormous 'sway' that it does with 'some people'...those of us who ask this question are obviously in the minority.
But the confusing thing is...like the girl I mentioned in my post...once shown this, she was enthralled, captivated, overwhelmed with emotion and visceral response...so apparently music--wonderful music, for all it's PR, is still the most well kept secret in entertainment--why, is the question?

One of my long time friends, Joe and I always fall back to this comment--"Music does things to and for me, that nothing else can do."
This is a mystery to me.

As Yogi Berra would have said..."If people aren't going to listen to music--you can't stop them."

Good listening,

Larry

i think there is a tendency to overcomplicate a simple situation.

people are unique in there chice of hobbbies or activities they prefer. music is just one activity. there are many others.

why single out music as if there is something special or different, from say, reading, going to the theter, or eating out.

certain activities are perhaps more popular than others. it may be economic, it may be a lack of appreciation--think schooling.

consider it like you would another hobby, like tennis or golf.

it really is no more productive to analyze the interest in music as it would be to analyze the interest in golf.

just accept it and move on.

I agree with many of the fellow members and their various opinions. For the most part is more like the amount of investment you spend on any given component. when I mentioned one of my loudspeakers costing $5500 retail like my ohm walsh or any of my loudspeakers costing more then $2000 retail, they'd rather spend their money on something else. To them spending $1500 or more on a turntable is ridiculous or a cd player. Most people are happy with the mid fi mass market audio and video sold at your local stores or best buy, circuit city etc. Hardly anyone goes inside bestbuy's MAGNOLIA and buys anything. High end audio tends to drive people away because of the ultra high prices. What kind of people are going to spend $100k loudspeakers or more costing the price of a home? Even $30k, that's the price of japanese sports car. The price of high end audio especially ultra high end is beyond the reach of most people, that is why unless high end as a whole becomes affordable to the masses, don't expect any change of views. It's the same with anything else, how many people are going to shop for a lambhorgini?