I lately wonder why I’m an Audiophile.

Goldilocks and the three bears story works for me. Papa bear - sound of the system; moma bear - sound of the recordings; and, Babybear - the music itself.

As we get older it is said we start to return to our infancy. Or perhaps, we begin to sense the importance of that which brought us here in the first place, the music. 

Personally, I think that being obsessive about the audio illusion has ultimately done more harm to the enjoyment of music than either deficient recordings or poor performances. 

Personally I've always preferred the term 'hifi enthusiast'. 'Audiophile' has aways sounded a bit more than a little pretentious than I like. Too much like a title than a description. I hate titles.

I just bought some stuff from England online. I filled out the order which was duly rejected because I did not include a 'title'. I used 'Mr' which was acceptable but dammed if I know why. I almost typed in 'Duke' to see what would happen, but then I thought that a lack of a sense of humor would defeat the sale.