In Reply to: RE: How many Audiophiles have Multiple Systems here ? .................... posted by cawson@onetel.com on April 11, 2022 at 06:52:48:
Your are not odd. You are just not an American! Beginning in the 1950s, the baby boom generation of Amercians grew up up with ubiquitous music in cars, grocery stores, hamburger joints, "family" resturants, elevators, doctor's waiting rooms, auto repair shops, laundromats, cinemas, and just about every public space with electrical service. We invented the pestilence of Muzak and exported it nation wide in the 50s. The younger generations have lived their whole lives to date with boom boxes, personal stereos, ear buds, Walkmans, smartphones, iPods, etc for decades. Many American TV melodramas incorporate syrupy pop music into the screenplay at key emotional points to emphasize the the otherwise banal romantic significance of the characters (the worst of the bunch are the doctors shows). I think that many of my fellow citizens believe that life is somehow less authentic without background music. Music in the garage does not surprise me at all.
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Follow Ups
- Maybe it's just me who's odd? - sleeper 04/11/2215:27:38 04/11/22 (15)
- Muzak - AbeCollins 19:43:42 04/11/22 (14)
- RE: Muzak - cawson@onetel.com 05:25:10 04/12/22 (13)
- Man - I just purchased TWO Benchmark AHB2's over the last three months - Chris from Lafayette 12:15:09 04/12/22 (5)
- RE: Man - I just purchased TWO Benchmark AHB2's over the last three months - cawson@onetel.com 14:08:52 04/12/22 (4)
- Yes - my speakers are the sub-$4K RM2's - Chris from Lafayette 01:13:46 04/13/22 (3)
- RE: Yes - my speakers are the sub-$4K RM2's - cawson@onetel.com 07:25:56 04/13/22 (2)
- Yes - our server tends to choke on diacritical marks and foreign currency symbols - Chris from Lafayette 12:17:24 04/13/22 (1)
- RE: Yes - our server tends to choke on diacritical marks and foreign currency symbols - cawson@onetel.com 16:19:24 04/13/22 (0)
- RE: Muzak - AbeCollins 06:17:54 04/12/22 (6)
- RE: Muzak and Benchmark AHB2 - cawson@onetel.com 10:33:53 04/12/22 (5)
- GamuT D200 thump - Ole Lund Christensen 08:23:58 04/13/22 (2)
- RE: GamuT D200 thump - cawson@onetel.com 09:43:35 04/13/22 (1)
- RE: GamuT D200 thump - Ole Lund Christensen 11:28:18 04/13/22 (0)
- RE: Muzak and Benchmark AHB2 - AbeCollins 07:07:38 04/13/22 (1)
- RE: Muzak and Benchmark AHB2 - cawson@onetel.com 07:33:37 04/13/22 (0)