Audiophilia: Is it the pursuit of audio excellence or just a desire to tinker.


So my wife made this observation after I spent a couple hours fiddle farting with cables, connections and speaker placements. She said is this hobby/obsession your desire for audio excellence, or just you like tinkering with stuff, tweaking your system and feeding your OCD? 

She said you try this and try that and guess what it all sound the same to me. She really knows me and my OCD. 

Enjoy your Sunday.  

jacobsdad2000

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why would you thank me for that???

i owe you an apology and an explaination. 

i apologie. i thoughtlessly assumed an audiophile on this forum was asking the question and skipped and missed the piece past the headline.

@jacobsdad2000 is she an experienced, hardcore audiophile? if shes not, and shes an observer of one, thats an excellent question.

so, i delete and do-over, and heres the answer to an outside observer's asking such:

audiophilia is the pursuit and active enjoyment of audio excellence.

tinkering is one of many activities, practices one undertakes in pursuit of audio excellence.

like every other means of advancing quality of sound and performance, one can get enchanted with, stuck on and lost in this activity.
 

@jacobsdad2000 the problem was my negligence not your reaction--i thoughtlessly jumped right into the discussion. all the best buddy. happy listening and keep that WAF high!

the answer:

audiophilia is the pursuit and active enjoyment of audio excellence.

tinkering is one of many activities, practices one undertakes in pursuit of audio excellence.

like every other means of advancing quality of sound and performance, one can get enchanted with, stuck on and lost in this activity.