Quote Originally Posted by Worf101
Man, the brilliance and insight of these statements makes me want to stand up and cheer. How many people do you think are out there with HIDEOUSLY EXPENSIVE systems that never LISTEN to music? Every single minute of every day devouted to chasing the sonic 'Holy Grail" that will never be found and probably doesn't exist. I'm glad that somebody else at least "gets it".

Da Worfster
I think the problem is that Audiophilia is as much (if not more) about the love of electronics as it is about loving music...

Before I became an "Audiophile", I would spend my free time listening to top 10 and top 40 countdowns on the radio, watching them on TV and checking Billboard Charts online... I could tell you what song was no 1 and how many weeks it was on the chart, faster than you could blink. After getting bitten hard by the upgrade bug, back when I was loving music on a Panasonic MiniSystem (almost 2 decades ago), I found myself spending more time searching the net for product reviews and user ratings... I could tell you what the latest 5 Star rated Integrated Amp in the $1.5K Price Range was, but I lost track of what was happening on the music charts... I found that when I was bored with hearing my existing music collection, my first thought was to upgrade my system, rather than buy some new CDs...

I'm not opposed to Audiophilia, but I've learned that it is a ridiculously expensive hobby. There is no point chasing the non-existent Holy Grail of sonic nirvana, since there is always better gear available if you have the time and money to find it... My attitude now is to invest in a 'decent' (not necessarily expensive) setup and then focus on the music..... It's far more enjoyable and frankly, it's much cheaper to buy 10 new CDs whenever you get bored, than to upgrade your HiFi setup...