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

I know how you feel I lost mine early this year hae was also my best friend.We had so much in common togrther and although our musical tastes were different from each other we both learned a lot from each other. My tastes are solo piano and orchestral and he Opera and Orchestral it was great to listen to what we had picked up each week that we met up and listened. You have my sympathies, I hope you can meet someone new and forge a new friendship as I haven't so I miss him terribly.

I totally agree!

I wish that I had an audiophile friend to lose. My closest friend used to be interested in high end audio many years ago, but lost interest for a variety of reasons. Now it's just me, and I have no one to talk to about gear or music. We still go to concerts together at least, but it would really be nice to have an audiophile friend that I could talk to and see in person now and then.