Entering a demo room at a recent audio show, I was brushed aside by a haughty audiophile on his way out, loudly disparaging what he had just heard - "Who needs hi-fi for country music?' - as if country music and good audio were as incompatible as hot fudge and sauerkraut. A fellow visitor to that demo room had exhibited the temerity and bad taste to request some Randy Travis. Grumbling about 'white trash theme music', the haughty gent had no inhibitions about expressing his disdain for country or offending a fellow music lover.
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