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When did home theater take over?
OK, so when did everyone lose interest in music and go ga-ga over
movies? Enquiring minds want to know . Pardon my ignorance, but you see, I pulled a bit of a hi-fi Rip Van Winkle. After buying my current stereo system in the early 90's, I took 10 years off from being an audio buff, and only recently got back into it. And I quickly found out that most "audio" stores have been transformed into video ones ! Half the floor space is now taken up by large-screen TV's, the DVD players have largely displaced the CD players, and speakers are now 6-piece units rather than pairs. What the heck is going on here !? I can't say this development totally surprises me since music has gone down the toilet in recent years; but then again, so have movies . I'm not bitter or anything, just a bit fascinated by it. I always knew that HT would be big, but I didn't think that it would grow to the point of shallowing up audio! Oh well, at least now we won't have to put up with those crappy little TV speakers anymore. Even the cheapest Bose surround system kicks the ass of those . * Chexxon PS: It will be interesting to see what effect the home theater revolution has on car radios . |
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