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Are all Audiophiles masocists?

My wife says my main hobby is collecting hobbies. She has a corollary to that realization which is, that I also tend to pick hobbies that I will never be happy with no matter how much I spend or how good I get at them. As an Audiophile she states my system is never good enough. I'm always upgrading. I believe we call that "Chasing the Dragon" if I'm not mistaken. She also says the same about several other of my hobbies such as... Golf (unlikely I'll ever shoot an 18), Cycling (a 4.5 hour century ride isn't fast enough), Drag Racing (Car runs mid 8's at 160mph in the 1/4 mile. Upgrades continue!) and there are others. So you get my drift.Is this just me or does the personality of the audiophile make us all just a bit masochistic?
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twoleftears
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Isn't that part of the definition of hobby?
ebm
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Maybe you are not me and most Audiophiles.Good luck though.
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knotscott
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You still have woodworking, photography, and boating to try! Lots of rabbit holes to go down with all of those! :-D
isochronism
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Yes honey .... the only thing good enough that I can't upgrade is you 🙄 See if that work's. 😄
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bullitt5094 OP
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Sport vs Hobby? A sport is when you participate in organized competition. A hobby is when you do something for the love of it. Not organized competition and not professionally. I.E. pretty sure drag racing a car at test and tunes is not a sport. It’s a hobby.
knotscott: I bought a Bob’s CNC router last month mainly to build speakers. Lots of my hobbys bleed into each other. So for woodworking... I’m already there.
Also into photography. First camera was an OM2n. In fact combining hobbies, I am building drones with photographic capabilities now. So I have that covered. But no boats. Growing up in FL everyone else had one so I didn’t need one.
And actually my best century was at 22.3mph. That’s really not competitive professionally. Not bad for a hobby though!
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