The easy answer is I love music but I’m not sure that’s really true. In my opinion music generally sucks. Amazon music has over 75 million tracks and if there were 10 thousand that I would listen to more than once I’d be really surprised. I’m audiophile because I love the performance. I first thought it would be the musician but that’s not true either. It’s really rare to enjoy a musician’s whole album much less the whole catalog. So it’s the performance I love. When I do come across that great performance I strive to become intimate with it as I can. How the voice trails off or those slightest changes in presentation. The details separate good from great and the equipment brings out the details.
I’m and audiophile because of intimacy. I become emotionally attached to the performance. I’m driven to get closer to better understand the intent and then revel in it. I’m also a techy so being here feeds both parts