Upon reading the original post my first thought was that's just plain envy.
Now after about 30 seconds(!) of reflection I do believe that there is more to it
than that. I'm thinking that there is some jealousy involved as in "I can't believe
that the SO of this audiophile allows this amount of dollars to be spent on this stupid hobby"
Envy and jealousy are a very volatile mix.
Regards,
barts
BTW, I finally caught on to all the robot phrases. Jeez I'm slow on the uptake.