Today's New York Times

My dad just showed me this article at lunch today. It is great that such an article was written, but when an article describing high end audio uses $450 turntables being sold at select Urban Outfitters as an example, it makes me wonder about the research. It read more like a lifestyle/interiors piece. It seemed to emphasize slim design over great sonics, but it's a start though, and that is encouraging.

I just think it's pretty cool that the NY Times devoted so much space to an article about our hobby. Yeah,..... a $450 Music Hall table may not be your idea of "high end," but at least millions of the newspaper's readers now know that high end audio exists. As I see it, anything in the main stream media that talks about our hobby in a positive fashion is a good thing !

What goes around, comes around. I think most kids see iTunes and other sites as nothing more than a way to store music just for the sake of storing. This all came about as a result of file sharing and illegal downloads and with what one could get away with. A natural progression, if you will.

Once the trend was recognized and then legitimized, and then co-oped by industry, it was inevitable. Now, we have the come around, the recognition by some that there is better sound out there.

Hopefully, articles like this will help spark some more interest and this new generation will take notice and maybe seek some of us out for advice, or at least, a listen. :-)

All the best,
Nonoise