Are things really that bad? I need to get out more often! I'm thinking that the 99% own flatscreens by now. If a homebuilder is going to place an electrical outlet on the wall suitable for mounting a flatscreen, he might as well put in suitable-located outlets for in-wall loudspeakers as determined by the location of the flatscreen. As rooms shrink in size and skrink in number, I foresee the "media room" as the hub of all internet, entertainment and telecommunications of the future. Since living space will be at a premium, a wall-mounted flatscreen and in-wall loudspeakers will become all the more advantageous.
--- On Sat, 4/14/12, Ronald C.F. Antony <r...@cubiculum.com> wrote: On 14 Apr 2012, at 04:46, JEFF SILBERMAN <ambis...@pacbell.net> wrote: > The solution lies in getting the home/spec builder industry to integrate > in-wall loudspeakers at pre-specified locations (including ceiling) in the > 21st century "media room" which room will become the new normal much like the > kitchen has certain de-facto features/standards which are now taken for > granted. In the fullness of time, multichannel audio in the home ultimately > will prevail because it is the last frontier. That suggestion may apply for the 1% of people, not for the 99%. More than half the people in the US live what in Europe people would simply call a ghetto, and of the rest, a lot of people are on their way to descend into that level of "wealth", given that wages under the new union contracts are not sufficient to sustain what one would call a middle-class life style with secured retirement. To stick to your kitchen mataphor: the 1% have custom cabinets, Sub-Zero refrigeration units, Wolf or some high-end European appliances. For the rest, a kitchen is simply a room with a sink, a super-cheap electric stove and a second-hand fridge. They also don't have a laundry room, they have to go to the Laudromat with their dirty clothes, and I'd venture to guess that people rather invest in their own washer and drier than into a media room of the 21st century. For a technology to succeed, it can't just target those who lead the gilded life. Ronald _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/private/sursound/attachments/20120414/96175921/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound
