For the Love of Audio & Hi-Fi. Is it Dead?

[lovinthehd]

Yes I consider going back to vinyl a backward move. I've had vinyl as a primary source for a long time, but not these days (altho I still have a setup/collection, just don't find it that useful). While I might see value in a RtR setup, cassettes again NFW

 

[panteragstk]

Yes I consider going back to vinyl a backward move. I've had vinyl as a primary source for a long time, but not these days (altho I still have a setup/collection, just don't find it that useful). While I might see value in a RtR setup, cassettes again NFW

Pfft. Vinyl? You know you aren't really getting the purest hifi experience unless you listen to wax cylinders.

 

[Trebdp83]

I've said as much in the past, but there just isn't much interest in the format anymore.

 

[lovinthehd]

I've said as much in the past, but there just isn't much interest in the format anymore.

But it's a much purer analog format, wonder why?

 

[Dan Panzica]

I am an old guy who fell in love with high fidelity audio at a young age. I love music, saw all the cool bands and spent more on high-end audio gear than cars.
My kids were raised in a home that resonated with the music of the day in formats ranging from vinyl, tape, CD, and MP3's. Our stereo and theatre systems were always approaching the asymptote of the cost/performance curve. My kids were raised playing music which they continue to do into their late 30's. Both are married, well educated in math, engineering, and science, own their own homes, making great money. However, the best sound systems both own are in their cars. They are more excited to buy the latest Dysan vacuum, PS5, and are first in line for the new iPhones than look at power amplifiers or pre-amps.. My son's answer to high fidelity are his V-Moda cans playing lossless music through his phone. My daughter is happy with her Alexa Echo speakers! My kids have both rebuffed my offer of my Klispch Heresy's (too big), and only begrudgingly let me buy them sound bars.
They love coming to my house for movie night. Both said they want my record collection. However, how the heck do I get them interested in audio gear?

 

[sterling shoote]

All I know for sure is culture seems to be devolving. For example, within the last generation, icons of the home furnishing industry, like Kittinger, Henredon, Karastan, and Virginia Metal Crafters have gone out of business because upper middle-class ideals for an elegant home have been rejected. In other words, today's millinials are not interested in having households full of STUFF. No fine China, no Silverware, and no Crystal to adorn the dining room table for entertaining. It's all a basement buffet affair now with plastic forks and plates along with paper napkins. And that's where a very inexpensive home theatre is if there is a home theatre instead of just a big flat screen supported by a soundbar. The bottom-line is priorities have changed dramatically, mostly driven by a desire for uncomplicated, easy, and economical living in a world perceived to be increasingly as hostile as it is an expensive place just to hang a hat.

 

[sterling shoote]

The fact that I enjoyed music from this circa 1959 Magnavox 6 Transistor AM Radio proves I managed to get by without hi fidelity. It was a time when having the little radio taped to my bike's handlebars listening to Purple People Eater was a marvelous experience while riding down my street after dark with headlight powered by a Miller generator.

 

[killdozzer]

View attachment 52665 The fact that I enjoyed music from this circa 1959 Magnavox 6 Transistor AM Radio proves I managed to get by without hi fidelity. It was a time when having the little radio taped to my bike's handlebars listening to Purple People Eater was a marvelous experience while riding down my street after dark with headlight powered by a Miller generator.

In my country we simply called it "dinamo". That was one of my favorite accessories on a bike. Not many here will have patience for my socialist ways, but I often said that if you had any sense for interpretation, you could describe much of what is wrong in today's world by simply looking at the fact that we went from this Miller generator to batteries which are very dirty during the production as well as when they are thrown.

You might say it's very similar to when Regan pulled down the solar panels from the White House. Even with all the shortcomings of solar panels, you still can't defend that action as being anything other than lobbying for the dirty business.