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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". 
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thyname
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Another useless thread. Typical lines written by those with a complex of inferiority and irrelevance.

Buy what you can afford. Or get a better job. Don’t worry about the others that do better than you. Try to be like them. Not “denounce” them. Better yet, relax
mitch2
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Why do people worry so much about what others are thinking or doing?
roberjerman
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The capacity of Humans for self-delusion is apparently unlimited - Mr.Spock
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boxer1+1 Teo
BTW, I "paint" the edges of my cd’s green. Costs almost nothing (I use a magic marker) & increases clarity.

I’ve oft mentioned the Green marker only addresses part of the problem. Only about 25% of the scattered light is visible red 🚨  light. The rest is invisible infrared. That’s because the CD Laser wavelength is 780 nm, infrared. So, you can see the advantage of something that can absorb ALL of the scattered light including infrared, no?
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yuvalg9 OP
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".

>>>>I offered a friend a glass of $10 wine 🍷 and he replied, “I can’t drink cheap wine, only wine that costs $100.” I call that wine-tasters’ neurosis.
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