How competitive are you with your system?

Everything I do with my love of music is for me. The guy who was the best man at my wedding happily still uses the receiver and speakers that we bought when we were in college.  My brother happily listens to his tunes through his phones speakers. I have another friend who has a system that probably costs $400,000-$600,000 and he probably listens to it a hour a month.  If they are happy, I am happy.  Absolutely no need for competition here.

Oh and my dog isn’t better cause he eats Kennel Ration either. ( do they even still make that stuff?)

1) Nope.

2) Yup.

@bjesien 

Great satire...sounded like the orange one, on any subject 😄

My system is the best system ever. We’re talking tone like you wouldn’t believe. Texture is off the charts.  Soundstage? So wide it makes your living room feel like Madison Square Garden. I’ve had audiophiles — big-time people, very serious ears — come over and they’re trembling. Tears in their eyes. One guy said it was better than his wedding day. Everyone says it.

It’s a fascinating pursuit- music is magical and putting together a system to get the best out of the resources I’m able and willing to spend is challenge enough. 
 

I note, however, that for a decidedly uncompetitive group we frequently engage in heated, sometimes vicious discussions concerning tubes vs transistors, the effect of cables, switches, fuses, crystals, vinyl vs. streaming, the meaning of measurements, cheap vs expensive, and so on.

cognitive dissonance.

@thebrokenrecord  My most recent experiences of being Social are within what I refer to as my Local HiFi Group. 

The Local HiFi Group come about as a result of my having travelled 200 miles north from my home attend a Forum Annual Show and demonstrate my system.

Individual who come forward to ask to add their own device into my system introduced themselves, and the result of one introduction was that two individuals were living 40 miles east of my home and were part of a local audio group. Contact Numbers were swapped and the rest is history, this is nearly 10 years ago.

Prior to this In the Old Old Days I would communicate with Individuals at events and suggest a meet was worthwhile at another time, to demonstrate certain devices that were of interest, this evolved on the 00's into meeting others at Public Invite Forum Events and Private Invite Forum Events. Friends are made and then Private Invites become more of the norm.

Today recent friends made in the Local Audio Club, travel with me on occasion to meet with friends made at earlier times.

Much of my listening is done to day as a Social Get Together, this is how I started out with my enthusiasm for music, meeting friends and heading off to see a live performance in a small venue, this is maintained but with a difference being recorded music is the interest. I still do do live music on occasion, I even put the Home System Powered On for the Grandchildren to get in front of an have supervised dance, and that is very very joyful to be taking part in, especially seeing the Video of the Grandad Moves.