A light-hearted essay on loving music vs the audiophilia obsession

Very enjoyable piece. Thanks for sharing. What would be interesting as a follow up would be some explorations as to what lead you to this path in the first place. Some never overcome their technophilia about audio equipment; others never succumb to it. Since you came out the "other side," so to speak, you now have an opportunity to explore why you entered it to begin with. What would probably result would be something philosophical, spiritual, and even psychological about the needs that lead people into what some call an "addiction." That would be interesting to read. Cheers!

 In any case, yeah, it's a common trope that audiophiles are more interested in chasing quality of sound than quality of performance, but that's a pretty unforgiving perspective.

@edcyn  Agreed. It's equivalent to asserting that audiophiles cannot walk and chew gum at the same time. It's a derogatory comment, dressed up in jargon.