Interested responses. So it seems for most, it is not possible to turn the loved ones into audiophiles. But do you most of you have spouses and all that at least accept your hobby? I know it is much more than a hobby.
My wife isn't technically oriented, but she enjoys listening with me, and she appreciates the sound quality, the music, and the physical appearance of the equipment. She is not interested in frequent and endless changes of equipment in search of some presumed sonic nirvana, or that will result in benefit that is miniscule in relation to either the cost or the amount of time required for experimentation and optimization. For that matter, neither am I.
Regards,
-- Al