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

Thanks for all of your comments.  I post discussions like this because I like to seriously discuss and find out about music and gear I haven’t heard.  I also like to share gear from little known companies that compete with more expensive stuff.  The more you spend I believe that it is diminishing returns.  My group of audio friends went on a crazy gear trying journey for some years and I have had a blast.   My current system has been steady and I really enjoy it.  I share to encourage those trying to find their happy system place.  I’m at a good spot. Enjoy and carry on! If you like I love it as mom used to say.  

n80,

"I drive a mostly unmodified Nissan 350z. Roll bar, race seats, harnesses, HANs, all that."

Is that really "mostly unmodified"? I know nothing about Nissan. Do they come that way? Maybe not an audio topic, but nor is the title of the thread so I hope it is ok to ask.

Elizabeth, I am speechless.

Bravo.

"...now, get off the freeway, peasants! Her Highness is coming..." *smirk*

Thanks. 'lizbeth....I think....*LOL*

MHO, so far this has been the most 'restrained' and basically civil discussion on the subject at hand I've witnessed at AG.  And thanks to y'all for striving to maintain that.  We've all witnessed wayyy too many 'cat fights' over 'detail X' or 'item Y' that begin to remind one of Russian dashcam vids....*cringe* ;)

I was once queried as to when a 'pleasant diversion' (once referred to as one's hobby, or the like...) begins to take on the aspects of a 'pursuit' that has all the markings of an obsession....for those of you that recognize me as one that has a 'marked tendency' towards one 'W item', this may be applicable, but that's for another forum(s)....*S*

Most of the time, mine and yours, I 'lurk', hoping to glean the 'wheat' of a thread, and ignore/laugh/be mystified by the 'proceedings'.  Occasionally, I hope to make an 'intelligent observation (and/or) comment'.

Some are...some aren't.  Oh, well.  Nobody Knows Everything, and Nobody's Flawless.  I'll apologize Now for the latter circumstances.  

I'll sometimes insert a wisecrack (see above) that strikes me as appropo.
If you can't laugh at those arguing over details that neither can witness IRL at the other's space with their equipment with the same source material....then I'm not surprised by the current political/social climate, and I wish our species and planet luck.

We'll need it.

(Back to the irregularly timed program....*fade to gray*....)

Some products are an inherent brag even if the owner says nothing (a rare occurrence).  Drive a Viper, wear a gold Rolex, own the latest silly priced amplifier, and its existence is an implied brag.

There are people that own the same products because they are interested in them and happen to be able to afford them, not because of what they represent (conspicuous consumption), and they sometimes get caught in the assumption that they own them for the usual reasons. They'll be accused of bragging even when they are not.   Not fair, but then it is hard to distinguish between the types sometimes. 

Audio is similar to cars etc. in one way - if the person owns brand new gear it is more likely to be a brag, mentioning it, than if they own what was top of the line gear from twenty years ago - then they are just a canny shopper!