An Audiophile is Anyone Who Loves Audio Regardless of Monetary Status. Agree?

Being an Audiophile feels more like a crippling disease than love, at times.

wturkey

Being an Audiophile feels more like a crippling disease ...

Really? This is supposed to be a fun hobby. If it isn't for you - to paraphrase Woody Allen - you're doing it wrong.

brett,
As glupson said my comments werent an attack. Perhaps it is a West Coast thing, as opposed to the Midwest where we tend to let others tell us if we are making the world a better place. I am glad you are proud of what you do and happy in your work. A good thing.

I think if you want to make this a better place you have to think about it and check oneself as often as possible. The littlest things make the biggest difference (just like setting up a solid audio system). 

I am not cocky, but I do think I am doing my part to make things better. Fighting here for the excluded is part of my efforts.

wturkey,

i hear ya!  if you've got a bit of the OCD's it can be quite crippling. 

...this is why i do not care for vinyl so much. everything is so fragile and every touch and scrape or bump of needle or record could spell disaster. 

so far i have destroyed on reel to reel tape. But by accident I have damaged a few records.