Yep, that's my idea of "real world" too. It's sad that the boomer idea (1970s-1990s) of every house having a good Hi Fi died the way it did. I remember when there were 3-4 blue collar Stereo shops right in the neighborhood and if I wanted to dabble in the HiEnd, downtown had 3-4 more dealers carrying the very pricy stuff. Funny thing is a lot of what the HiEnd stores carried was affordable to the dedicated bluecollar guy if he was willing to stretch a bit. Read Stereophile today and you'd think if you didn't have 5 figures to spend on most individual components and 6 figures to spend on a total system, you might as well close the book and go home.Meanwhile, back in the real world 'ordinary folk' can't afford to live in London or buy 6 grand speakers with additional sub-woofers. Those funny speakers that talk or respond and can be put anywhere are probably 'hifi' for the modern consumer. Baby boomers are dying out.
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