Is Audiophilia a Dying Hobby or Just in Need of a Tune-Up?
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Pop, not opera: Kari Bremnes.
Something about Norwegian singers that I find attractive, even ones who mostly sing in English, like Ane Brun. Also enjoy Mari Boine. So maybe that means something about Norwegian Sámi singers.
Ja, vi elsker dette landet
The Norwegian languages are noted for their song like inflection.
An old joke is that every Norwegian speaks at least three languages, two of which are Norwegian.
bok mal, ny norsk, local dialect etc. if you address a government office in bokmal or ny norsk, they have to respond in like kind.
The Norwegian languages are noted for their song like inflection.
An old joke is that every Norwegian speaks at least three languages, two of which are Norwegian.
bok mal, ny norsk, local dialect etc. if you address a government office in bokmal or ny norsk, they have to respond in like kind.
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I think high end audio has an opportunity to prosper if it can adapt to the demographic changing of the guard. We are at the beginning of a huge transfer of wealth as the boomers reach the end of the music and hit the dead wax. Their kids generation doesn't love music any less, they just received it differently. We grew up with vinyl, tape players, and coveting big, complex systems. Our kids, at least mine, grew up with mp3 players and headphones. As the technology changes, high quality doesn't have to equal super complex. Our kids generation is going to have a lot of "found" money and they will spend it on something- as a group, they are not savers and investors in the same way as boomers. They weren't raised by people who grew up in the depression. So, the high end business might do well to figure out how to entice these folks into the hobby in greater numbers. Likely with more high quality, simpler systems-one box solutions, active speakers, etc. Not with 8 box systems and yards of cables.
If that turns out to be the case, in my opinion, it would be a shame. Much of the fun of the hobby for me is listening to music with friends and family. Sharing the activity. Headphone listening is very solitary.
Surely. Solitaire listeners should be banned from the high-end.
More seriously, listening to sound reproduction is a solitary craft for me most of the time. But the hobby has an intense social life.
Disclaimer - I do not listen using headphones.
they might listen to the same music, each using his/her own headphones. And text each other while doing so.
Unless you have two or more headphones for listening sessions with others. I did, when as my first high-end system I had a headphone rig.
Revisiting the thread title —
perhaps all audiophilia really needs is a little rebranding. Not a hobby. Not a niche. A movement.
perhaps all audiophilia really needs is a little rebranding. Not a hobby. Not a niche. A movement.
- Successful people don’t just have good systems — they have superb systems. Baseline: *flawless*. Ceiling: non-existent.
- Beautiful, influential people gather in hushed, perfectly tuned spaces. The room itself listens as much as they do.
- Deep dives into sonic preferences aren’t nerdy anymore — they’re the new rooftop cocktails.
- Anything with less than 20 dB of dynamic range is unhygienic. Unthinkable. Potentially life-threatening.
...ah, that explains all the tubes. It's the *scent* of Aphrodite that pulls us in.
let's not poke the policeman!
I’m not poking Bonzo. I’m just pointing out that his often excellent videos never show anyone listening to headphones.
I think it would be kind of funny to shows such a video as the future of the high-end. I like headphones on occasion, but I always miss the spatial aspects of the presentation and the impact and the sense of presence and mass that you get from a really good system with speakers.
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