Are all Audiophiles masocists?

Lets change the definition to "Things you pursue in your spare time." That will get that hobby/sport hick-up out of the way.
And yes, that was in nice flat Florida with a pace-line group in our cycling club ride. I did compete in an amature Crit event one time. Figured out real quickly how dangerous that was and never did it again. Also did some time-trials. But that’s basically you and the clock.

Sport vs Hobby? A sport is when you participate in organized competition. A hobby is when you do something for the love of it. Not organized competition and not professionally. I.E. pretty sure drag racing a car at test and tunes is not a sport. It’s a hobby.
knotscott: I bought a Bob’s CNC router last month mainly to build speakers. Lots of my hobbys bleed into each other. So for woodworking... I’m already there.
Also into photography. First camera was an OM2n. In fact combining hobbies, I am building drones with photographic capabilities now. So I have that covered. But no boats. Growing up in FL everyone else had one so I didn’t need one.
And actually my best century was at 22.3mph. That’s really not competitive professionally. Not bad for a hobby though!

Get a proper tube amp, a non-oversampling DAC and enjoy the music and stop chasing new gear.

We seem to be a bit condescending too. LOL

In fact several ingrained character traits have emerged to be prevalent in this post. I guess that means we're all just... Human.

I do like it a bit rough

LOL.  I also wanted to mention we have a C7 Z06 Corvette. It isn't fast enough either. Wondering when the C8 Z06 is going to happen.