What the future brings?
Posted by: Reto D on 14 June 2002
Hi,
I'm a bit concerned about hifi's future. What's
happening to the few real high quality products
that makes joy to listen to. Looking around almost
everywhere people seem to lose interest in quality products. Saving and spending money for a product
that is performing on a high level for a long time is not what most people do.
What will the future bring for such beautiful
products like Naim? Will there be a market in
let's say 5 years? Ok, I'dont want to blackpaint", but what do you think?
Shall we buy our CDSII,NAC52,NAP135 ... as fast as
possible and enjoy it for the next 50 years....
Cheers.
Reto
CDX, NAC102, NAPSC, Hi-Cap, NAP 250 (on Target Rack), Chord Odysee 4, ProAc Response 2.5
Posted on: 14 June 2002 by Reto D
I worry because people don't want to pay for it that's what I realize almost every day.
To listen to music and doing nothing else at the
same time. Friends are always astonished
when I tell them to do so. They prefer to sit
in front of a TV set and watching garbage....
It's probably a matter of losing culture more
and more.....
The problem is not the dealer it's the customer
that really don't know what he wants and that's certainly a question of culture..
Reto
CDX, NAC102, NAPSC, Hi-Cap, NAP 250 (on Target Rack), Chord Odysee 4, ProAc Response 2.
Posted on: 14 June 2002 by jpk73
quote:
Shall we buy our CDSII,NAC52,NAP135 ... as fast as possible and enjoy it for the next 50 years...
Exactly what I feel... My answer is: yes!
BUT: Yesterday one colleague told me that he expects the quality of the AC-juice to be totally polluted in a few years due to powerline-Internet etc. etc. Only gear with switchedmode-PSUs would not be affected.
If that is going to be true: what's then with all our Supercaps and 135s???
- Jun
Posted on: 14 June 2002 by Simon B
Very interesting. It will be a bit like haveing a radio station that plays music according to your profile and you can request tracks on demand. I presume a monthly subscription payment model would be used.
The only problem I can see at the moment is cheap reliable wide bandwith communications in this country at least.
Simon
Posted on: 14 June 2002 by Simon B
I think Naim will avoid aural implants and go for a Din socket in the back of the head.
Simon ;-)
Posted on: 14 June 2002 by Mark Dunn
Hi all:
Alan Ball wrote:
>...that the music companies will finally wake up and start to target music at an audience that wants to listen to it.. not to an audience who just wants to get themselves pregnant by the latest pop idol !<
OK, I could probably handle being impregnated by, say Paula Abdul but I draw the line at carrying a baby for Britney Spears.
Best Regards,
Mark Dunn
Posted on: 14 June 2002 by Sproggle
I predict a rise in the popularity of small ensembles (particularly "acoustic" ones) as instrument-playing robots become available that are capable of reproducing a human's performance in exact detail [give or take room acoustics and instrument variations].
As time passes, more and more people will be able to hire and later own a collection of robots and instruments.
Robots could even learn a composer's or player's style through analysing existing recordings. In 20 years time you could be walking into a hi-fi shop and asking for a Naim Fred Simon or Jimmy Hendrix robot.
--Sproggle
