Am I right for this forum?

I sympathize with the OP on his feelings here. My interest in audio and gear has always been high. Much like in the sixties and the dawn of the muscle car era. Fond memories of lusting after the content of Car & Driver before I even had a driver's license. Or being in the military during the Viet Nam era and hearing about all the (then) high end Asian audio gear that people were bringing home.

My issue was always trying to control my desires for buying stuff I really couldn't afford. Interestingly, now in my "golden" years, I can afford at least the lower end of audiophile grade gear, but I don't want to.

I too am a half-fast musician. I have more tied up in my two Martin guitars than my audio/visual system. I'm not into home theater but do have my TV hooked into my two channel system. I'm truly happy with what I have and am totally uninterested in jumping on the wire, cable and fuse bandwagon.

There in the point of this diatribe. My entire system is probably under $7k, all in. There are some who dwell here that denigrate what I have but most are cordial and some are great sources of information. That is the main reason I lurk here. I do find myself feeling like Sheldon on "Big Bang" when he goes into contortions trying to control his tongue. Usually when the discussion devolve into mudslinging about cables, fuses or whatever. Carry on. I guess I'm done for now.

OP, good summary and comment. 

Of course you belong as much as anyone else does.  I would ignore the Stuart Smalley comments.  There seem to be a few folks on here who like to type things they would likely not say to someone's face (at least I hope not). By the way @chrshanl37 it's cue.  Que is not an English word and queue does not apply.  If you're going to be impish at least get the spelling correct (and yes I would say that directly to you 😀).

Often, an audiophile is someone who plays music to listen to their system. You, on the other hand, appear to play your system to hear the music. Congratulations!

I have often noticed that my most musically engaged friends (those that are actually musicians), can always hear and enjoy the music regardless of the SQ. How I envy them!

Unfortunately, I  am an audiophiliac, too dependent upon SQ for my pleasure. I would switch ears with you at the drop of a stylus...

Enjoy!

 

mahgister

12,409 posts

04-13-2024 at 02:56pm 

Why suspecting the OP of trolling ?
 

the way the OP is written, the follow up system pictures that don’t align with the info provided originally, the meaningless, as far as context is concerned, mention of millercarbon, the claims of feeling alienated, the mention of million dollar system in a million a million dollar dedicated structure…the whole thing smells like trolling. It’s designed to cause a stir. And he accomplished it by the way. Deserves a credit for putting this together so masterfully, no doubt. 
May be I’m overthinking this, or you just haven’t cracked the shell yet, @mahgister