merganser,
you have your right to offer your comments but i feel your answer is what is specifically what is wrong with high end audio today. i have been involved on the retail side of audio since the mid seventies and a music lover of all types of music for longer than that. i have quite a collection of mid and high end audio in my home at any given time for evaluation and pleasure. upper priced audio in its prime was justified with music reproduction. how many times did any of you out there buy equipment based on a piece of music you might never of heard before. in my case i bought double advents in the 70's after hearing emerson lake and palmer "lucky man" and linda ronstadt "love has no pride". later on i upgraded to infinity qls-1 when i heard billy cobham. the quads i listen to today are from an experience with an obscure piece of classical music that blew me away. today the overlying attitude is arrogance and snobbery...not the music hobby club type affiliation we had. in audio retail we use to dress in denin shirts and blue jeans. today it is business casual or corporate dress. have we grown up or are we too full of ourselves? ipod is recognized in the pages of stereophile and used by such respected companies as wilson audio. i simply posted a question as i have been unable to get a fix from either apple support or their discussion groups. i apologize if i offended you or any other audiogon reader. but i agree with a couple of the feedbacks...lighten up
you have your right to offer your comments but i feel your answer is what is specifically what is wrong with high end audio today. i have been involved on the retail side of audio since the mid seventies and a music lover of all types of music for longer than that. i have quite a collection of mid and high end audio in my home at any given time for evaluation and pleasure. upper priced audio in its prime was justified with music reproduction. how many times did any of you out there buy equipment based on a piece of music you might never of heard before. in my case i bought double advents in the 70's after hearing emerson lake and palmer "lucky man" and linda ronstadt "love has no pride". later on i upgraded to infinity qls-1 when i heard billy cobham. the quads i listen to today are from an experience with an obscure piece of classical music that blew me away. today the overlying attitude is arrogance and snobbery...not the music hobby club type affiliation we had. in audio retail we use to dress in denin shirts and blue jeans. today it is business casual or corporate dress. have we grown up or are we too full of ourselves? ipod is recognized in the pages of stereophile and used by such respected companies as wilson audio. i simply posted a question as i have been unable to get a fix from either apple support or their discussion groups. i apologize if i offended you or any other audiogon reader. but i agree with a couple of the feedbacks...lighten up