Have you recently lost a close audiophile buddy? What has it taught you?

We are all moved/touched by different things. We have all lost people we care for/ about. I think many/most of us on this site are moved/ touched by music/ sound. You may find the "Kama Muta lab" site or the white paper "what is sound?" on the Decware site interesting- I know I did (just ignore the conspiracy theory stuff).
 I have always been easily brought to tears by what I perceive as beautiful-particularly music & it's good to have someone who "get's it" to share that with. So let's enjoy while we can!

Hi to you all from South Africa. To put it simple I share your pain to a degree. I don't think anyone can understand the individual pain we go through when we loose a close friend especially someone we have a lifetime audiophile friendship with (39 years) ................... Just knowing there are others out there like myself is enough for now. Thank you all for sharing. 

Wayne this summer is tough. We used to listen here in Texas and stay out the heat. I remember once every 3 weeks we would have 6 to 8 hours listening sessions. We would talk about life music god etc. Very few understand our hobby and brains for the music!