Ken Fritz article

Somehow we drifted into vaccine chatter? 

People, people. 

@waytoomuchstuff 

There's a "rule" somewhere that states "if you want expand some part of your life, it will pushback on others." I suppose we want to chime in and reveal our version of "the greater good", "a balanced life" and where to place our priorities.

Nicely said. I think the exact same impulse motivating people to read the Rorschach test that this story presents also crops up in those debates about whether audio is "only about the music" or also about "the technology and sound." The answer is, of course, subjective but people like to argue it as if there was only one, objective answer.

I actually don't think this article tells us much about "audiophiles," per se. Most audiophiles don't live the life he did nor treat their family as he did. 

And I agree with @mahgister that there are obsessions which are great things! Just have to keep balance across the multiple values and obligations of life.

I posted this because it makes the Ken Fritz story a bit more three dimensional.

My kids are 21 and 23 and I am 100% confident that we will never be estranged. I have a wonderful, honest and comfortable relationship with my wife of 25 years. I have a wide circle of friends...

Hear hear! These elements are so fundamental to a happy and fulfilling life, that I cannot imagine being able to enjoy anything -- a stellar audio rig, included -- without these fundamentals. In other words, the enjoyment of music and sound are premised on a wider and deeper foundation -- or at least this is how I am set up.