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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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fotis_k
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Although we don't get to see the system, (at least I don't recall seeing it in any way) in a scene from the recent movie 'Constantine,' Keanu Reeves' character is listening to Dave Brubeck. I feel this several seconds piece of music gave me alot more insight to the character.
I wonder....was this an addition to the scene by a music lover/audiophile who purposely left their mark, or was it scripted in accidentaly? It just seemed so un-Hollywood.
drumsuck
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Watch "House MD" on Fox. Almost every week the main character (Hugh Laurie) spins vinyl on what appears to be a high-end table. I don't know what kind it is, but it has a clamp, and an arm that appears to be an RB-300 or something similar, and a wood-bodied phono cartridge. Looks like a grado.

anyone id this table?
slawney
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"Buffalo 66" or "Brown Bunny" defnitely do not qualify as Hollywood films, but one of the residences of one of the biggest "entertainment-world" audiophiles is in Los Angeles. I am speaking, naturally, of Vincent Gallo, who:
1.) owns a large amount of original Western Electric equipment--if that does not qualify as hardcore audiophilia, I don't what else can
2.) has written articles on high-end audio, passionately espousing the superiorities of monophonic hifi and Mark Levinson CD players (see following article "Mono Mia" for intro, but more articles can be downloaded from the "Appreciation" website, and from the "Drowning in Brown" website):
http://www.drowninginbrown.com/dib_sp.htm
3.) owns and operates a supremely obsessional recording studio, where even the patch cables are strictly color coordinated, called „The University for the Development and Theory of Magnetic Tape Recorded Music Studio”
For picture:
http://www.drowninginbrown.com/dib_studio.htm
4.) is constantly searching for obscure pieces of Western Electric equipment and old German studio equipment, along with especially rare pieces of clothing. (See his personal website).
Any reaction to Gallo's particular brand of audiophilia?

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mitch4t OP
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I just finished viewing the dvd of the movie "Stealth". The character, Dr. Keith Orbit, has what appears to be a ClearAudio Master Reference turntable and a wicked looking pair of speakers in in house.
biomimetic
252 posts
 
Yeah... House uses a top o' the line Sota. And the cart is like a Benz Micro Ruby or som eother snazzy wood-body - a Hugh Laurie touch I wonder... a vintage motorcycle guy as well, from what I hear.
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