I'd disagree with you a bit Ben. My car stereo, "...is only for reproducing music."
My home rig and similarly the pursuit of most of us here derives from all the motivations/needs that Mr. Tennis so thoughtfully laid out for us above.
Incidently, I don't see the crux of your thread as a philosophical one as much as it is a marketing thread. Your outline looks like a classic market segmentation analysis sans the demographic portion.
These are all latent or over "needs" that we all have here adn are trying to satisfy.
My home rig and similarly the pursuit of most of us here derives from all the motivations/needs that Mr. Tennis so thoughtfully laid out for us above.
Incidently, I don't see the crux of your thread as a philosophical one as much as it is a marketing thread. Your outline looks like a classic market segmentation analysis sans the demographic portion.
These are all latent or over "needs" that we all have here adn are trying to satisfy.