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Newsgroups: aus.hi-fi Path: sparky!uunet!newsgate.watson.ibm.com!news.ans.net!europa.asd.contel.com!darwin.sura.net!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!math.fu-berlin.de!informatik.tu-muenchen.de!regent!monu1.cc.monash.edu.au!monu6!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!gre253 From: gre253@mis.csiro.au (Steven Green (+61 6 276 6813)) Subject: Re: American, Australian and European Hi-Fi tastes... Message-ID: <1992Nov16.025416.3898@mel.dit.csiro.au> Sender: news@mel.dit.csiro.au Organization: CSIRO ITS References: <1dvg0kINNn4f@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> Distribution: aus Date: Mon, 16 Nov 92 02:54:16 GMT Lines: 55 In article <1dvg0kINNn4f@uniwa.uwa.edu.au> scott@psy.uwa.oz.au (Scott Fisher) writes: >Anyone else notice (in hi-fi mags, rec.audio, rec.audio.high-end) >that in the US large bass heavy speakers seem to be the preffered >unit (I notice heaps of talk about sub-woofers in the US) while >the Europeans tend to go for smaller boxes that sit on stands. > >If the above is true, is it a function of the style of houses >they live in? > >What about the "average" Australian system...by average I mean average >amongst hi-fi enthusiasts/interested-persons not for the whole population. > >Is this all meaningless generalization? I had the vice president of Rotel >tell me the US listen to their music much louder than the germans who are >amongs the "quietest" hi-fi users on the plannet ;-) > >PS...the group looked too quiet so I thought I'd start speculating :-) > >Regards Scott. >_______________________________________________________________________________ >Scott Fisher [scott@psy.uwa.oz.au] PH: Aus [61] Perth (09) Local (380 3272). > _--_|\ N >Department of Psychology / \ W + E >University of Western Australia. Perth [32S, 116E]--> *_.--._/ S >Nedlands, 6009. PERTH, W.A. v > >Joy is a Jaguar XJ-6 with a flat battery, a blown oil seal and an unsympathetic wife, 9km outside of a small remote town, 3:15am on a cold wet winters morning. >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Heres a bit more petrol to the fire. Americans also seem to go heavily for 'digital' EVERTHING. If it ain't digital it ain't worth a f!*?. Europeans on the other hand still value analog in the main. CD's are an accepted fate but there 'almost' if you use the analog audio out. Australians - who knows. Most "hi-fi" stores seem to stock a lot of European stuff - and so push that line. While on the subject - What about AV amplifiers and associated bits. Purist hi-fi retailers wouldn't be seen dead selling any A/V gear. Sure, the low end stuff is a bit crappy, but the same can be said for audio stuff. I think they get this idea from European mags that wont spoil themselves by even letting AV products get advertised in them! Americans and the other hand are tripping over themselves to get into the AV scene. Let the fun begin :-) -- * Steve Green * "Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit outa my hat!" * * Comms Group * "That trick never works" * * ITS Branch * "Nothin' up my sleeve - PRESTO" * * CSIRO Australia * "No doubt about it - I gotta get another hat" *