Why Don't More People Love Audio?

My boss has clearly stated to me "I don't like music." I did not know this opinion was even possible and in my 46 years on this planet its the first time I've heard of this. I would imagine there's more people out there like this but I doubt ill ever meet another in my lifetime. No sense in trying to convert someone who probably never even turned on the car stereo.

Fascination for good music reproduction or appreciation of the same, is a God given gift that very few of us have. And I am happy that I am one of them.

'My boss has clearly stated to me "I don't like music'

Actually, this is more common among audiophiles than you might think.

it is not surprising that people express a distaste for anything. there is an expression in latin that is very old and expresses such a thought:

de gustibus est non disputandem (i hope i spelled the last word correctly)

there are a lot of people who are iconoclastic when it comes to pop culture.

i certainly think that a love of music is very common among the populace.

i think there is a connotation implied by the question, namely a superciliousness regarding certain genres of music, which may account for a small minority of audiophiles in the world.

it would be interesting to find out , among audiophiles, what percentage does not like popular music.

i suspect that more than 50 percent of audiophiles have an appreciation of classical music. i suspect that this genre is the least popular, and it may explain why there are so few audiophiles. it follows logically that if i am correct, the number of audiophiles may diminish over time, if there is a high correlation berween age and love for classical music.

Classical music is the only genre that demands high end audio systems. Timbre is everything in classical music and the 'groups' can range from a soloist to over 100 in a full blown orchestra. But, it seems to me, that the people that 'talk' about the music they like on this site, seem to lean towards small pop music groups that could and can be reproduced easily by a Bose table radio. Of course we are all guilty of 'over kill' when it comes to equipment, but thats part of the enjoyment of this hobby.
Cheers.