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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On the latest episode of 'Californication' a rack of stereo equipment had prominence in the foreground, off to the side, for a couple of scenes. I couldn't make out what they were.
There was some high end stuff in 'Die Hard'. There were some Apogee speakers and a high end amp in an office room and the 'terrorists' spoke in German about them.
The only other movie that comes to mind was 'Love Potion No. 9'. The hooker used the magic potion to get the guy to give up his Transciptor Turntable (the same one used in 'A Clockwork Orange') and I believe he had some Krell gear as well that went out the door and was dumped in the trunk of a car.
Don't forget the all night teen party in "Sixteen Candles" where all of the empty beer cans, food spilled, and a then a Nak Dragon Cassette Deck eating up the tape with the passed out partiers all over the home. "Wha's Happenen HOT Stuuff".
in "traffic", the psychopathic killer, after being kidnapped and tortured by the generale's men tells the generale that he has b&w speakers and makes his own cds--he says most people don't care but that it's very important to him. a moving tribute to audiophilia.
Fun subject. I think that was a Threshold amplifier and maybe Primer or MF components topped by a turntable in Californication. He was about to buy his daughter a nice Les Paul.

Fabio, Anybody who can make a good living by simply having a sense of humor about himself has got to be somewhat cool.

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