Fun read...

AI BS. A great example of why AI is empty, vacuous, predictable, and boring. 

Like I said, FUN read. Sheeeesh. 

There are certainly measures to be considered.

Pure audiophile is like pure leftist in other words it's best to have certain measures when diving into a certain industry, faith or view.

Please follow checklist of measures and place X-s as-if there's a check-box 

?Do you audition or even A/B an audio furniture ....    Yey Nay 

?Do you purchase each and every time new 180g release of Aja, Diana Krall or Nora Jones                                                                  Yey Nay

?Do you pay pastor to bless your new components at church  Yey Nay

?Will you drive 600 miles just to compare how your system sounds vs. your friend's   Yey Nay

?Will you purchase flight and hotel for visiting an audiofest    Yey Nay

?Do you know what is the difference in sound when speaker wires on the floor or elevated                                 Yey Nay

?Have you taken a cash loan out of your house to pay off your speakers  Yey Nay

Curse?  I understand the sentiment.  Me personally.  Once I got past years of experimentation, and years of trail-and-error, spending tons of money in the process, which sometimes felt like a curse, being an Audiophile became pure pleasure.  Happy listening 

I quite enjoy being an audiophile for enjoyment of listing to great sounding music.