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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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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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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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Most Audiophiles are in pursuit of their ego. This does not mean a music lover can not be critical of the sound. Both are possible. The way you tell the difference is the music lover will buy music instead of fancy looking cables.
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Right. Which means the Audiophiles have spent all their money on cables, that they have no money left to buy any music, or even be able to afford Spotify 🙄
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11-17-2019 7:02pmRight. Which means the Audiophiles have spent all their money on cables, that they have no money left to buy any music, or even be able to afford Spotify 🙄
This is so true. The other day I saw an audiophile begging on the street who spent all his money on cables and had no money left for food or anything. He had a sign that read WILL WORK FOR TUBES 
Audiophiles, they have zero sense.
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