How do you explain audiophiles to your friends?

That's interesting MC seeing is believing. I'm glad it's not a taste or smell thing..

I HEAR you.. :-)

I didn't quite get the EGGSHELL thing either. I thought that was a drop of yellow and green in a white base paint.. Eggshell!

I got the "CALL" my preamp is fixed, "They Think", boy that made me feel great. "They Think". I said keep it for a week and MAKE SURE!!!

Merry Christmas Everyone

Regards

to me audiophiles are music lovers who acquire and use high quality equipment to reproduce really good sounding music in their private spaces for an immersive experience (be it in their abodes, work spaces, even inside their heads)

that some audiophiles get in real deep, get obsessive, go over the top, etc etc. is incidental to what the basic, good-feeling pursuit is about - even though people here on this forum seem to pick on and accentuate that negative aspect (such as the op here)

as hobbies, passions, and addictions go, there are much worse in life, much more expensive, much more damaging, to self and those nearby, than this one centered around loving music and the gear that makes the music

merry xmas to all, everyone stay healthy and safe

I explain it to them breathlessly while playing pocket pool.

What are you talking about??

DeKay