Can anyone shed anylight on this and give opinions to just why AV is so popular,the hifi market seems to be shrinking or not growing at best,yet AV at the moment seems more popular,but I don't know why this is so.
For example,in AV your choice seems rather limited,you can buy,Yamaha,Denon,Onkyo,pioneer,or you can buy Yamaha,Denon,onkyo or Pioneer,which you buy cheap on the net,so god knows why any shop would consider stocking these brands is beyond me.They (to me)sound poor in music,but provide good entertainment when I watch a film,so it gets maybe 2 hours usage a week,so I got rid of it,and frankly don't miss it at all.
Yet, with 2-channel we see new products all the time,chinese valve amps,class D amps,tripath amps,new speakers,CD players,so much so that the market is saturated with new products,but if 2-channel is supposed to be declining,why do these companies bother?
Did hifi get to snobby?too exspensive?I think it provides far more greater long term satisfaction and enjoyment than any AV set up can bring,yet AV seems the more popular,strange.
For example,in AV your choice seems rather limited,you can buy,Yamaha,Denon,Onkyo,pioneer,or you can buy Yamaha,Denon,onkyo or Pioneer,which you buy cheap on the net,so god knows why any shop would consider stocking these brands is beyond me.They (to me)sound poor in music,but provide good entertainment when I watch a film,so it gets maybe 2 hours usage a week,so I got rid of it,and frankly don't miss it at all.
Yet, with 2-channel we see new products all the time,chinese valve amps,class D amps,tripath amps,new speakers,CD players,so much so that the market is saturated with new products,but if 2-channel is supposed to be declining,why do these companies bother?
Did hifi get to snobby?too exspensive?I think it provides far more greater long term satisfaction and enjoyment than any AV set up can bring,yet AV seems the more popular,strange.