@grislybutter Once again I have to ask, "How hard is it for you to wake up every morning?" Your self flagellation is laughable. There are several problems with your thinking process, the first being is it is none of your business what other people do with THEIR money. The problem with you and your ilk is this belief that there is a limited amount of wealth and someone having a portion of it excludes others from having it. Have you ever considered the jobs created by this hobby? From the designers and mfgs right down to the people who make the transistors, capacitors, paper cones and whatever else goes into a system are all employed and able to participate in upward mobility on their own terms. If someone's plight in Bangledesh is poor how is this your fault or mine? Most of the world's poor are poor because of bad policies adopted by their governments or this belief in a class system which keeps people in a box. Or because of ideological beliefs such as thinking there are masterminds who know what's best for us instead of ourselves. My suggestion? Sell all of your worldly belongings, go on a hunger strike and protest your self perceived injustices until you no longer exist. Leave the rest of us alone.
My audiophile experience is this- I've always enjoyed music and after I stopped blaming others for my lot in life I started changing my lot. Then I was in a position where I was able to invest in my enjoyment as I SAW FIT.
