Serious Addiction to Gear

There are obsessive, compulsive behavioural disorders of varying degrees. Your friend could have this. I'm afraid it can't be diagnosed from an Audiogon post though. If you think he has a problem to the point you feel you need to ask about it, it should be investigated further.

I think there could be an entire psychological conference based on what I read in Audiogon.

I think it's an addiction. In fact, I just had a paranoid rush that my wife had posted this. Seriously tho, it really feels like an addiction when I allow myself to be self-aware about it. A few tricks that have helped me:

1. Buying a house, resulting in absolutely no extra cash.
2. Getting out and seeing live music more often.
3. Visiting a friend who has a crap system but an awesome collection and feeling humbled by his priorities.
4. I haven't tried this, but I've heard that having babies will help you kick.

I think there could be an entire psychological conference based on what I read in Audiogon.

You think? That is quite an understatement Mark.

There may be something to it. Someone I know once called me an "AudiogoN addict".

Hi, My name is Fpeel. I was clean for 22 days. Then I saw this power cord posted for sale...

It always starts with power cords,then pretty soon its cryoed cones,then its sand or tubes.Then the nightmare really begins to pick up watts and ohms and......