ECM有自己的形象,但ECM的音乐被包围在重重的形象迷雾当中。记得是一九九零年左右的时代杂志吧,有篇检讨八零年代雅痞现象的专文,半开玩笑的列举了雅痞的定义说:“四十岁以下,年收入十万美金以上,都市专业人士,家里用真空管放大器,配3/5A书架型喇叭,(花得起钱,却又不是音响发烧友),有十张以下的ECM唱片,(让人知道你喜爱音乐、也懂ECM就好,别去玩唱片收藏这一套)不要常听。(常听就是爱乐者了,整天听音乐,还当什么雅痞?!)” ECM has its own image, but the ECM music is surrounded by the fog of the image of them. I remember it was the Times Magazine around 1990, with an article that examined the phenomenon of yuppies in the 1980s. I jokingly enumerated the definition of yuppies as saying: “Under forty years of age, with an annual income of more than 100,000 U.S. dollars, the city Professionals, home vacuum tube amplifier, with 3 / 5A bookshelf speakers, (can afford to spend money, but not sound enthusiasts), there are ten following ECM records (let you know you like music, but also know ECM Do not listen to the album.) (Listen often is a musician, and listen to music all day, what yuppies?) ”