Are audiophiles still out of their minds?

...and the rare and lucky monkey escapes the grinder, leaving him to his organ.

The new Kia owner vs. the new Bugatti owner.  Who is 'happier'?  And does it really matter, or make a difference?

It just amazes me that these threads go on for as long as they do, resolution-free except for the claims and counters.

Ah, well....carry on. *pfht* 

If things are kept at a distance, as they are here, reconciliation will never occur. I’d love to see everyone in the same room and film it for reality TV. I’d make a boatload and go out and buy whatever I want. Fuses, cables, heck, even a new system or two, or three.
 :-)

All the best
Nonoise

Tbg, I have tried the High Fidelity interconnects. They're not in my system.

Asvjerry, it takes two to tango.  The sucker who buys $10k+ cable thinking it's money well spent. And the cable manufacturer who thinks there's a sucker around each corner and charges $10k+. You take the sucker out, and no more ludicrously priced cables.  But it's difficult to educate a sucker. I suppose we were all suckers when we started in this hobby, but some of us saw the BS in high end and stopped buying expensive wire lined with fairy dust and infused with rainbow juice.

*LOL*  Drac, you got that straight...

I was just popping back in to respond to the 'Big Question', your #1 at the top of all this...

ABSOLUTELY STONE CRAZY.  Some more that others.  Personally, I just do what I want that amuses me, with a 'budget' that in relation to what I read here approaches zilch.  I'm building my own speakers (not the cabinets...the drivers...) because I can't afford the alternative and would rather 'roll my own' anyway.  Some guys build amps for much the same reason, so I feel in good company in that respect.  The challenge, the satisfaction of doing so.  If they aren't 'perfect', so f'n what.  I don't force anyone to listen to them.  But they do...(DIY Walsh Speakers, on YouTube)
Not an 'audiophile recording', to be sure.  Not a great camera...not a great 'space' to do so in...and recording an omni with a mono mic isn't going to Ever give anyone more of a clue other than 'they work'....

...but they do...and, if you were 'here', I'll bet I can make you blink and the jaw drop a tad.  I'd love to have a 'serious audiophile' come by for a listen.
They don't seem to exist in my local focal locus (west NC).  I've been contemplating inviting anyone from Moog to come by for a beer if I could borrow their ears for an hour for some semi-serious listening....

But that's just me ranting about my 'predilection', much like most of the above previous to this...just more air, heating the room...*G*

Oh, yeah...then there's the fact that I don't listen to that of 'my age group'.  No dead white Europeans on a mega-buck TT for this Medicared mortal.
How about deadmau5 for a break, ya'll?  Turn it up and dust off the woofs.
Good for the blood flow, I've heard...;)