On Friday, July 26, 2013 3:31:26 PM UTC-7, Arny Krueger wrote:
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In the article there is a link to the kessler youtube mentioned below.
Apanel of audio folk discuss the current poor health of the audio biz and
customer decline. But in the article there is a small glimmer of light.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/25/ga...eeks.html?_r=0
Ken Kessler, a veteran audio journalist, summed up the industry's
problems last year at an audiophile conference in Denver. Speaking to a
roomful of mostly middle-aged men, he said: "In the '60s and '70s, if
you opened up Esquire or Playboy and they showed a bachelor pad, there
was a killer sound system in it. Now, there's an iPod dock."
The real problem is that good high fidelity has become very pervasive, and
there's no longer any need to spend the big bucks or waste a lot of space to
obtain it just about anywhere.
Ah, the "party line".
The new market for things like iPod/iPad docks and high quality earphones
has immense amounts of cash in it, which overall offsets losses elsewhere.
There's no need for me to drive across town to suffer with a hovering
salesman who seems to think he's technically competent, and instead just
click a few boxes at Amazon and wait 3 days.
Well, that's true, anyway. Sad really. Brick & Mortar stores bring a sense of community to the local audiophiles. A place to meet like-minded spirits. With that fast disappearing, audiophiles will be even more isolated from one another.