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In the Thread: Expensive Audiophilism as a diagnosis.
Post Subject: I agree but, are they to blame?Posted by Antonio J. on: 6/29/2005
I think that many people start into this hobby more for the love to the "music machines" than for loving music. In the realm of audio, what most matters are the machines, and there is a specific language or "jargon" to explain those "audio intrincacies" that audio machines deliver. It has nothing to do with music and many people regard audio as a source of enjoyment by itself, regardless of music and musical results. Moreover the price level that some of those machines reach, has pushed this hobby into a "boutique" consumers field. Many play that game, but I really don't know if it's their fault, or it's just that they've never felt the least interest for music and for the wonderful things it has to say. These people just use the jargon and try to get what's supposed to be the very best, but once you've listened to some of those "star systems", you know that they have a different hobby than you. I wouldn't call them stupid for that, but I understand that you hate that image of superiority they want to reflect. Well, one has to deal with that on every aspect of modern life. These days it's all about money, look, exclusivity and feeling superior to others. Audio is yet another face of that.

The people that I think are morons are the ones that love music, know when something is "making music" because they feel it more than they hear it, have the money, have the chance to listen really outstanding (musically) systems, but stick to those "boutique systems" and still defend they're owning the very best. Many people love music and would know when a system is really good at making music, but don't have the chance to listen systems setup with a purpose and specific goals, nor have the money to have those systems built. As you once said, they're not morons but ignorants or simply not wealth enough. Do you think that people like these are less than 0.01% of the people involved with audio?

Oh well, I hope I've made myself clear.

aj

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