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No Audiophiles in Hollywood

A thought just came to me that a lot of movies show us the lives of fictional people doing the everyday things that real people do. However, we never see anyone sitting down and listening to a high end system.

The only thing that I can remember is when the billionaire played by Robert Redford put on an LP on what appeared to be a high end turntable in the movie "Indecent Proposal".

I have never seen exposed tubes on-screen, or an amp of any type for that matter. Big speakers, fuggedaboudit...it seems hifi does not fit the decor scheme of movie sets, or more realistically, audiophiles are rarer on earth than Klingons and Romulans and hollywood does not know of their existence.

It would seem that some of the well heeled actors, directors and producers would own a killer 2 channel system and periodically include one in a scene when the character has discretionary income.

We've all seen scenes with the wife complaining about the husband always watching sports, but never complaining about him pampering his hi-fi rig.

We've all seen characters with automobiles and other toys that we've envied, but never a stereo system to make you salivate.

Anyone ever see a hi-fi system onscreen worth mentioning?

Just a thought.
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rottenclam
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A couple of additions to this thread:

1. In Sixteen Candles, when panning over Jake's house after the big party has occured, you can see a Nakimichi Dragon malfunctioning.

2. In the first Punisher movie (with Dolph Lungren) you can see, once again, a Nakimichi Dragon in the house of the mobster that the Punisher kills.

3. In a Chinese cop thriller called Internal Affairs, there is a scene near the beginning of the film that takes place in an audio store. Two characters (one being a salesman and the other being a customer) actually sit down and listen to some hi-fi. There is tube gear, Thiels, B&Ws, etc. They listen to some female vocals and the sales guy talks about "letting the sound wash over you".

Internal Affairs is actually a good movie, and as far as I know, it is the only example of true-to-life audiophilia ever making it to the big screen.
rottenclam
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A few updates for this thread:

If you see the movie "Jumper" the guy's place is filled with Meridian gear.

If you watch the movie "Basic Instinct 2", Sharon Stone's shrink has some Classe gear in his office.

If you watch the show Californication on Showtime, the main character has some old Krell gear (or is Forte or Threshold). Definitely 80s stuff. He has a turntable too, but I cant remember what it is right now.
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