Definitely lonely to be an audiophile

Stating that audio geeks are on the autistic spectrum is insulting to those who know people with autism unless the statement is broadening the "spectrum" to make a lame point. It's sadly ignorant, and simply wrong.

My enjoyment of great home audio and efforts make my system sound great have never been appreciated by others not particularly into this stuff. That's just how it is, and I don't mind it at this point. You can never get guests to "shut up and listen" as they're generally not there to do that...plus, there's one "sweet spot" made just for me...I put on low level instrumental jazz all night when people are over (or at least back in the day when people were over), and maybe later when people loosen up I'll play something groovy and louder if it fits. If somebody asks me about the system they're in trouble as after a few drinks I can get carried away blathering about the wonderfulness of my cables and phono cartridge ("here...feel this tube!"), and have to just stop...meh...if your insecurities demand appreciation of how smart and cool you are by often noting your expensive hobbies and claimed superior taste (like the self promoting bloviating creeps who often dominate this forum), well...you're simply an insecure bonehead. Like me.