Why Are People So Concerned About How Others Spend Their Money?

The only reason to obsess over crazy spending would be if there were people who didn't have enough food or shelter or medicine to have a minimally decent life. At that point, I could understand the judgement's basis. (It could be moral or religious, for example.)

@sandthemall 

I've never been concerned about what/how other people do...none of my business. As long as they're not harming themselves/others.

Well said. A surprising amount of what we do harms others. That's the tricky bit.

@cd318

However, what I do find disagreeable is the commonly propagated notion that spending more money always brings sonic improvements.

This seems exactly correct. For me, the value in this forum is the discussion of *criteria* for sonic excellence, and since virtually no one here has limitless resources, the tactical problem become how to optimize sound-for-dollar.

In short, spending "excessively" -- as measured by the (ostensible) purpose of an audio forum -- equates to "spending disproportionately on gear/treatments which won’t advance a *sonic* agenda."