are any of your friends audiophiles?

same as kthomas. the friends with the to-die-for music collections have no interest in anything hi end.

Wouldn't belong to club that would have me as a member.Actually best friend sad he stopped reading Fremmer's Tracking Angle because he just is more into listening to music not talking about though I am the exception.I am more neurotic abut the whole thing and aspire to lighten up a bit and just dig the great LP /CD collection I built before (at least with LP's huge price run up that stated about 4 or 5 years ago.Now I'd never have half the LP's I have and might be an all digital (yuck!) person.Now I just agonize if I shouldn't' sell many $500-$2,00 Lp's I have.Could still go up but think about fine adjusted for inflation it has never reached the heights hat Asians were willing to pay in 80's.Could happen when these newbies wise up with LP's.
Chazz

If you mean friends in town, the answer is no. While I greatly value listening to music and miss it greatly when I travel, I am not a musician. I had one physician neighbor who had a fortune in audio equipment that was dominant in his living room. He listened once to my system and I once to his. We remain friends but do not discuss audio.

I once had a profession pianist friend who had many records. We were in the same gourmet club and once when we were at his house, I said, "Eddie, where do you listen to your recordings?" He took me to a small room with a portable record player in the corner! When I looked shocked, he said "I really don't listen to the music. In my head I note how these musicians chose to play it."

I have friends with a fortune in golf clubs, some with expensive sailboats, some who are preoccupied with political science and their careers, and some for whom wine is their passion, but no audiophile friends in town. I would say, however, that I have many close audiophile friends, probably 10 throughout the country. I see most of them at least once a year and have often traveled to their somewhat distant homes to hear their systems.

I tend to share music and DVD's and discuss artists and genre's with friends. Sometimes I end up helping with technical issues. Friends are absolutely amazed when they visit and listen but they don't rush to spend a small fortune like I have done. Some have nice impractical sports cars. Some have a holiday time share home in a nice place. Some live in a small place but are heavily into sports, cycle to work, and are out every weekend (no time to listen to music).

But lets face it - you don't tell friends which car to buy or start comparing your car to their car, your house t otheir house.... so why should you start telling them what gear to buy. I don't go there!