Not trying to be provocative. I just genuinely don’t under why people who obsess over creating the best possible sonic experience in their homes—and are willing to spend a fortune on equipment to do so—don’t seem to care much at all about the appearance of the rooms that they’ll be spending so much time in. There are so many photos on here of dreary man caves with bad carpets and tacky furniture, many of them overstuffed with multiple sets of amps and speakers and giant cables snaking all over the floor. I love this subreddit and the passion people have for stereos and great-sounding music. I’m just a bit confused by why people who have so much aesthetic sophistication in one area seem to lack it another.
I mean turning the question around, this subreddit often dismisses Bang and Olufsen, of all things. Yet B&O has not only been at the cutting edge of audio engineering for decades; they *also* paid attention to actual design–as in, design as part of the history of art, architecture, etc. And that’s why their products are in museum collections worldwide.
Between this subreddit’s obsession with maximizing bang-for-buck and just general hostility to non-boomer thinking, it’s not surprising most of the equipment photos give off Most Divorced Man Ever vibes.