Once again I am reminded of why I am a reformed audiophile. Audiophiles simply refuse to look at all the evidence staring them right in the face. However what really troubles me is that reasonably priced, well made audio equipment is becoming a thing of the past as manufacturers either opt to serve the mass market that listens to music via their smart phones and Bluetooth or the high end market which is now a luxury goods market. Even stalwarts of the mid-priced audio market, such as Vandersteen, are trimming back their lower priced offerings and focusing on the high priced offerings. This is because audiophiles in the age of digital are quickly becoming dinosaurs and dying off whereas there will always plenty of wealthy individuals looking for products to stroke their boundless vanity. Just as now nothing says "You've arrived" better than some German luxury car sitting in your driveway, soon a nice pair of Wilson speakers sitting in your living room will also say that "you've arrived", if they don't do that already.
One thing I've learned in my time on earth is there is never a shortage of handmaidens to the wealthy. And now many once respectable audio publications exist simply to stoke the flames of vanity that surround the super rich. I know that my ranting is both off topic and particularly silly in thread about a $175 tweak but based on the posts of several of the self professed audiophiles drunk on audiophile kool-aid I think these words need to be written. Truly a sad state of affairs. Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: SBS on dedicated windows 7 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=103684 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
