WHY DO SOME AUDIOPHILES THINK YOU ARE BRAGGING WHEN YOU ARE SHARING?

usual concept of 2 party system applied here.

stevecham said:

" But it is interesting and a bit troubling that those who claim to be audiophiles"

I agree with your statement but this part of it does present some issues. What type of experience does one have to have to claim to be an "audiophile"? I would agree with you, the key is having enough experience to comment on the topic on hand with some level of authority.....but who has experienced everything? And at what point in time do we suspend common sense and healthy skepticism in order to give credibility to some of the ridiculous things some audiophiles advocate....even those who believe in infinite 'tweakability' invariably find some tweaks and processes to be preposterous.

Maybe it's the way the sharing is phrased. 

How many threads on this same topic does it take for all of us to be in awe of that particular system and it’s cost?

Many people have decent systems and live happily ever after. Without ever starting a thread about it. Much less multiple threads of same meaning.