Im joking really, im an audiophile myself with a decent hi fi set up that cost a few thousand dollars.
However, there is a subset of audiophiles that completely perplexes me. It just seems to me that at some stage, its no longer audiophilia (love of sound) but rather, some kind of neuroses where you have to control and make whatever you hear ‘pure’ or whatever it is. I worked in a psych ward years ago, and some of the stuff schizoprenics would say (about things being impure and such) echo alot of what I hear obsessive audiophiles say sometimes.
For example, theres audiophiles that would buy stuff like this:
https://www.toys4vip.com/en/luxury-toy/turntable/
A $133,000 turntable hooked up to a power conditioner, just so they can play a vinyl. I mean, this is fucking crazy right?
Well by virtue of experience most people these days like music but are just naive to the gear. Most people will never hear or even understand the monumental difference between hi fi gear in a treated room and their living room speakers…
I mean do you want to really hear an album?.. or do you just think you do. Maybe you just want the idea of the thing but not the whole enchilada. I mean nice speakers good medium will literally sound like there is an actual full band in your living room.
That being said there is still much quality to be had with other consumer audio products that sing very nicely at any range of volume. your able to hear everything that the song has to offer… that the artist intendded yet!!! It does not sound like there is an actual band performing live in your living room