Why Don't More People Love Audio?


Can anyone explain why high end audio seems to be forever stuck as a cottage industry? Why do my rich friends who absolutely have to have the BEST of everything and wouldn't be caught dead without expensive clothes, watch, car, home, furniture etc. settle for cheap mass produced components stuck away in a closet somewhere? I can hardly afford to go out to dinner, but I wouldn't dream of spending any less on audio or music.
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Good point Mapman. I know plenty of music lover's that don't think twice about the sound. They're probably the lucky ones.

I fell into it at a very young age because I was the youngest of 5 music lover's so I was surrounded by music and a stereo in each bedroom. If it weren't for that who knows what would have happened. My parents weren't into music much at all, just my grandmother who would play Perry Como, the piano and would sing to us. (I know is misspelled Perry's name but.....).
I believe MOST people have no idea what high end audio equipment is. Once they've heard it... many people with money will buy it. How do you expose these people to this kind of equipment? The saying ... You know what you know, but you don't know what you don't know, applies. If you don't know it's out there and you stumble across a local store, that may, or may not have high end equipment to demo... You might be intimidated by the sales person. What questions could you possibly ask about something you know nothing about? Many very wealthy people depend on industry experts to choose their gear for them, if it isn't what they want, they depend on them to sell it for them too. Convenience is key!