How Do You Live The Audiophile Life


I don’t really have the credentials to be on Audiogon. Kef Q150s and new NAD equipment that replaced my stalwart Arcam Solo. Maybe I can peek over the fence.
So I’ve have a question about the new equipment. I’m browsing the forums, looking for an answer. I know as much as about audio as anyone who isn’t an audiophile. But I was astonished at the number of brands I’d never heard of. And I know the price of the stuff I have heard of.
I’m in NYC. Maybe there’s five high-end dealers here. I’m guessing that number drops off quickly once you cross the Hudson.
This is a long winded way to ask how you live the audiophile life? How do you get access to this stuff? I’d want to hear something before dropping a car-like sum on it. Do you buy blind? Do you travel? Go to the industry shows? Help me, teach me, inform me.
I guess this question applies to speakers as well. Maybe more so. But I was in the amplifier section so . . .
paul6001
"It has been fun but the business basically was born from unhappiness with high end retailers."
Lamborghini cars share similar birth history.
Do people really make a living selling audio equipment these days? Seriously?
AirPods are audio equipment, too, so I would say yes. Maybe Bluetooth speakers, too.
GK, re 'pop quiz'...

They'd still be arguing over it....more likely to come to blows (not 'blow', BLOWS....fisticuffs, *wack, wack*, bloody encounters....)....

Some must be making $, Eu, Something.....otherwise we'd have 0 to rant 'n rave over, either.... *L*

I'm still on the fence re Bluetoothed speakers....more stuff 'twixt sound waves in my personal atmosphere space place...

(...but it's a Beautiful Day in WNC, the spouses' Bday, a nice dinner out reserved....so I'm just being the Devils' right-handed left foot...for now...)

;)  Carrie On, sister of.....
The answer to the Pop Quiz is System Engineer. The other types of engineers are too hyper focused on their own areas of expertise to be able to solve all of the problems that exist for any system. Once you graduate 👨🏻‍🎓 from Audio 101 it’s time to put on your system engineer hat🧢 and figure out what problems you have in your system. 🤔 Oh, they’re there. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to find those problems and solve them.