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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Last time I walked through Nordstrom (they have convenient parking to access the Mall) they had a sale rack of mens denim jeans with the standard designer-cut holes etc, but with added white house paint dribbles.
Perhaps faux blood smearings would have been more trendy, hence salable.
FWIW, I think that it is determined by your personal history. If you grew up loving music and listening to it on a decent stereo through good speakers or headphones, then you realize that your experience can be enhanced through better equipment as electronics have evolved. You then allocate some time to seeking the best equipment you can afford because its important to you. An analogy would be that you grew up liking cars, so today you are driving or lusting after that Porsche or Ferrari. Its not rocket science, but if you have a passion for something and the means to afford it, you pursue it.
That make sense...the only thing I have to add is it's a drive to get closer to the music, and approximate the tonal quality of real instruments, providing the recording allows it! A great system allows you to do that, imo.
They need to hear it. My wife came down to my "man cave" and thought she was going to hear this loud stereo. Mind you I just set it up for a test run, much room work needs to be done.
Four hours later she's going to her car to get some more CDs.