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What is wrong with Audiophiles?

Well, many issues. The pursuit after uber-expensive interconnects, speaker cables, power conditioners, power cables can be rediculous. Not to mention Audiophiles who paint the outer sides of their CD's with a green marker. A few days ago I visited a local hi-fi exhibition in Israel. Two of the most impressive rooms where the YG Acoustics with an all NAGRA amplification and the Focal room. The speaker cables in the first room cost $70,000. That was also the cost of the speaker cable in the Focal room. One could buy a BMW or a Merc AMG or a Porsche for that much money. Does this make sense to you? And, lest I forget, I have an Audiophile neighbor in the building where I live. I offered him to borrow a CD of an Israeli singer that I admire. How is the quality of the recording, he asked. "average", I answered. "No, I can't listen to average recordings", he replied. I call that "Audiophilia neurosis". 
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baltus
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Listenig to the recording and the equipment is the hallmark of a true audiophile.
The rest of us listen to, and enjoy the music.
Two different worlds.
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sfseay
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+1 for two different worlds.  Some”audiophiles” suffer from delusions of grandeur and just can’t stop themselves from the pursuit of perfection.  Often the outcome of these pursuits is a step backwards and more wasteful spending.

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teo_audio
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one should not take one extreme...rail against it...call it a norm... and display yourself to be virtuously elevated - as a comparison.

As that would be.... extremist and..well..designed from the ground up to create problems for yourself and everyone else.

So, the point here, as threads go....is??

I do understand where you are coming from.. and I think that, if the story and slant is accurate, then, well, the person might have different priorities than me..and....that might be a gentle way of saying it.

to relate..but..de-escalate.
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