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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I was thinking of an halo/xbox scene in "Entourage".

So why doesn't House have an amp for his Opera Piega's and Sota Cosmos on the show? I think we should put together a campaign: "Find Gregory House a decent amp." We should start a petition to get him an Airtight integrated or something...
In Hong Kong, they are more into high end audio. The movie "Infernal Affairs" even features an interconnects shootout...
that movie "Infernal Affairs" actually took my audio fever to another level...one message that hit me hard was that once entered into the heaven of music, a person seizes to suffer for that brief moment, and it is no longer relevant whether he is a good guy or a bad guy...
In Jerry's apartment on "Seinfeld", the box speakers sat on the floor, behind the couch on both sides....with no sign of speaker wires...or a reciever.
'Nother "House" one - the apartment the good doktor lives in has a Joule Electra of some variety on a shelf. Definitely *the* high-end show - is there a showroom down the street on Pico Blvd. or something they raid?