Mr. Tennis, I know personally 2 people who would spend 35K on a 2 channel audio system, and I am one of the two. This audiogon community presents me with a plethora of guys who have or would spend that much or more on a 2 channel audio system. So yes, we are different from other people. We are in some ways wired just a bit differently than others, who are perfectly satisfied with a $35 boom box bought on a whim from K-mart, which they find more than adequate to play their "fuzzy warbles."
The reason for these threads is that we desire to benchmark with our pears, with respect to non-audio but still important life issues. Yes, I care what Schubert and Lowrider and others think about non audio issues. Ease up my friend, and do not discourage this type of dialogue.