Why Are People So Concerned About How Others Spend Their Money?

@onhwy61 ,

To me there’s a very clear distinction between inquiry regarding budget so that one can tailor their response and be more specific (Helpful?) with recommdations of potential products. For example, it the speaker budget is 5K then you wouldn’t suggest Magico S5 speakers. That is not being judgemental, but rather it’s being considerate and respectful of stated monetary limits.

If  on the other hand someone says their preamplifier budget is 20K and someone responses with, only a fool would pay that kind of money. You can get a preamplifier just as good for 3K. That’s judgemental, arrogant and rude. This type of reponse is a person asserting their own person standard’s or limits onto another. Big difference.

Charles

@charles1dad : well said!

Upon reading the original post my first thought was that's just plain envy.

Now after about 30 seconds(!) of reflection I do believe that there is more to it

than that.  I'm thinking that there is some jealousy involved as in "I can't believe

that the SO of this audiophile allows this amount of dollars to be spent on this stupid hobby"

Envy and jealousy are a very volatile mix.

Regards,
barts

BTW, I finally caught on to all the robot phrases.  Jeez I'm slow on the uptake.

BTW, I finally caught on to all the robot phrases.  Jeez I'm slow on the uptake.

Well, faster than me for sure. I still have no clue what and why Robots everywhere 😂

@cd318

However, what I do find disagreeable is the commonly propagated notion that spending more money always brings sonic improvements.

This seems exactly correct. For me, the value in this forum is the discussion of *criteria* for sonic excellence, and since virtually no one here has limitless resources, the tactical problem become how to optimize sound-for-dollar.

In short, spending "excessively" -- as measured by the (ostensible) purpose of an audio forum -- equates to "spending disproportionately on gear/treatments which won’t advance a *sonic* agenda."