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On Friday, July 26, 2013 3:31:26 PM UTC-7, Arny Krueger wrote:


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".


As if the writings of Ken Kessler aren't representative of a party line.
It's just a different 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.


There are numerous online forums that are providing a sense of community to
a wide range of audiophiles, again away from hovering salesmen.