Fake Audiophiles

I've never heard of a fake audiophile.
There are different levels of involvement in this hobby.

Sometimes an enthusiast is hampered by a lack of funds to get as deeply involved as he would like to.

Or, sometimes those with the funds,just don't feel the need to pursue it past a certain comfort level.

What I don't understand is how some folks feel that they are music lovers,not audiophiles.

We all need a "system" of some sort to enjoy the music.

If it's all about the music,then why not enjoy it to the fullest?

I suppose,if you've never heard anything better than what you have, you don't think you are missing anything.

My take on vintage audio-some of it stands up to the best of today.

And, a lot of that great vintage stuff, was ridiculed and called obscenely expensive back in it's day.
Some things never change.

If a piece of gear that is expensive gets a good review, the cost of such gear always draws negative responses from the folks who base their judgement on the cost, not the performance.

I think there is a lot of stuff made today that will be the much sought after vintage finds in the future.

It's a good thing the audiophiles of yesterday ignored the cries of indignation concerning costs.
The vintage folks would be out of luck.

They bought that stuff at full price in yesterdays dollars with yesterdays wages.

I've never seen those folks called audiofools,with more money than sense.

I was reading some posts on another site debating break in of audio gear.

Something ticked.

Maybe the folks who love the sound of vintage gear do so because that gear over the course of years of playing has truly been broken in.

Perhaps the folks who scoff at the break in concept and claim it doesn't exist are-

1- the folks who own vintage gear

2- never keep the gear long enough to hear it break in.

So here's something to ponder-

Real audiophile keeps gear long enough for it to break in

Fake audiophile - constantly finding fault with gear and switching about(perhaps due to snap judgement and no break in period).