End of Hi-Fi (again)

I enjoyed music when I had a music centre; I enjoyed music when I had a cd 3.5 flatcap, I enjoy music with a Sony DVD player; I enjoy music through the car radio. Bottom line is I enjoy music whatever.

Some people here obviously enjoy hi-fi; they might also enjoy music; some enjoy both.

So what?

cheers

Nigel

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I did fail to warn them about one thing though - that they should turn down the opportunity to listen to the dealer's CDS3/552/500 system through their Elites while he tidied up the paperwork. They described it as akin to being given a Rolls to play around with while the salesman processed your order for a Ford Focus...

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Now that is exactly how they infect you with upgradeitis...

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So I sent them to a stockist.

Up until now, we had been in Nait/CD5 territory. After much auditioning and budget inflation, they couldn't help themselves and came away with CDX2/112/150/NACA5/Neat Elites.

The point of this protracted ramble is that music lovers appreciate good hi-fi. And they know good sound when they hear it. My in-laws are no audio-phools. For people who unplug appliances at every opportunity, value domestic appearances, had a 'limited' (in Naim terms) budget and insist on their lack of hifi credentials, the choice of system they've come up with speaks volumes for the product - they regularly attend chamber music recitals (I also think their decision was definitely helped by the dealer service).

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My earlier point exactly.
The thing is, your in-laws would have not known if it weren't for you.
I know too many peple personaly who can afford and appreciate the good playback system, yet, they are totally clueless where to go and what's out there.

Hi-end is always lousy at their own PR. This is what's preventing the growth.

I suppose that real musicians are able to fill in the gaps left by inadequate means of musical reproduction. Such imagination is probably what makes them good musicians.



Regards,

Steve.

That long posting said what precisely.

You seem to use 50 words when most of us would use 10.

Less is more etc etc.

Regards

Mick

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In the "real" world, people who love music do not necessarily want/need a better hi fi. They simply do not think it makes enough of a difference to bother, even if they have the financial means.

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So very true. I only wish I'd never made that trip to hear an LP12. It opened a can of worms. Hey, it would be so easy to turn this topic into a 'if only I didn't/did do this/that'.

My wife definitely falls into the 'couldn't really care' category, but my recently troublesome cd player (shoulda waited for a CDS3!) is at the dealer's right now and in its place is a Marantz DR6000 cd recorder. What's really interesting is that she has become more critical of the music she's listening to than when she listens on the better cd player. Proof, if it is needed, that though most people don't necessarily prioritise the running of a good hifi system, they do however notice when said system is removed or 'lessened' in some way.

What has this go to do with hifi? Everything and nothing. There's a strong philosophy that 'you can't go back' - and few do (by choice) =- but if you haven't even sampled what a good hifi can do, you'll never miss it. Better that way, in some regards...

John

TC '..'
"Sun went down in honey. Moon came up in wine. Stars were spinnin' dizzy, Lord, the band kept us so busy we forgot about the time."