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What is wrong with Audiophiles?

Well, many issues. The pursuit after uber-expensive interconnects, speaker cables, power conditioners, power cables can be rediculous. Not to mention Audiophiles who paint the outer sides of their CD's with a green marker. A few days ago I visited a local hi-fi exhibition in Israel. Two of the most impressive rooms where the YG Acoustics with an all NAGRA amplification and the Focal room. The speaker cables in the first room cost $70,000. That was also the cost of the speaker cable in the Focal room. One could buy a BMW or a Merc AMG or a Porsche for that much money. Does this make sense to you? And, lest I forget, I have an Audiophile neighbor in the building where I live. I offered him to borrow a CD of an Israeli singer that I admire. How is the quality of the recording, he asked. "average", I answered. "No, I can't listen to average recordings", he replied. I call that "Audiophilia neurosis". 
yuvalg9
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sfseay
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+1 for two different worlds.  Some”audiophiles” suffer from delusions of grandeur and just can’t stop themselves from the pursuit of perfection.  Often the outcome of these pursuits is a step backwards and more wasteful spending.

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teo_audio
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one should not take one extreme...rail against it...call it a norm... and display yourself to be virtuously elevated - as a comparison.

As that would be.... extremist and..well..designed from the ground up to create problems for yourself and everyone else.

So, the point here, as threads go....is??

I do understand where you are coming from.. and I think that, if the story and slant is accurate, then, well, the person might have different priorities than me..and....that might be a gentle way of saying it.

to relate..but..de-escalate.
boxer12
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+1 Teo
BTW, I "paint" the edges of my cd's green. Costs almost nothing (I use a magic marker) & increases clarity.
david_ten
5,480 posts
 
The shortest path to peace and personal wellbeing: rephrase the title of your post to: What is wrong with me? Yes, I'm being serious. And yes, I relate and I care. 
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jayctoy
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Yuvalg9 , in this hobby you will meet different kinds of audiophile, don’t be bother by the price, anyone who can afford it they will have it, as simple as that, I agree some won’t listen with poor or average recordings that’s  their choice, I Have attended many Axpona show, to my surprise many expensive set ups did not even involved me, but they sound good though but not musical enough ,we audiophiles are fine, we just like to tweak, hopefully enjoy the music 
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