BBC film on audiophiles from 1959

[Joe Cox]

This is great. "Is it a religion or a disease? An American psychiatrist calls it 'audiophilia'..."

 

[Vladimir]

Just like toy train collectors are all about traveling.

 

[insider9]

Excellent! Last minute or so in particular made me smile.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

This is great. "Is it a religion or a disease? An American psychiatrist calls it 'audiophilia'..."

I like the sound of that.

 

[ellisdj]

One great line in that video - "worth every penny" lol

 

[lpv]

as they did not have all the cables available today

 

[Blacksabbath25]

That's funny a specially about the 3D sound and the people moving from one speaker to the next

I think us audiophiles like both the music and the equipment I know I do

 

[nopiano]

I think us audiophiles like both the music and the equipment - I know I do

Me too - exactly!

 

[audiventory]

I think us audiophiles like both the music and the equipment I know I do

Fully agree. Since early childhood I was musician. But I always love audio and music apparatus. It defined my engineer career.

 

[lindsayt]

Sad times as they did not have all the cables available today

They did have Garrard 301's and Tannoy DC's - as shown in the video - at sensible prices for the performance on offer - even when adjusted for 58 years of inflation. They also had relatively uncompressed commercially available mainstream recordings, as shown in the video.

On the music lover vs audiophile thing.

Hi-fi is a tool for getting the best enjoyment out of the music listened to at home.

Cars are a tool for transporting the driver, any passengers and any luggage from A to B.

Houses are a tool for living in and investing money in the long term.

Computers are a tool for going on the Internet, word processing, playing video games.

I don't see anything wrong or illogical in someone taking an interest in the tools that they use regularly and who tries to get the best tools for the lowest price.

It's also human nature to be competitive and to want to have better tools and consumer goods than the people around us.