I live in Chicago. The two audiophiles that I know have completely different tastes in music. I have visited them each once, listened to their systems , and had each over once. I don’t think anyone enjoyed the musical parts of these exchanges as opposed to the fellowship. I listen almost exclusively to Classical and I recognize that 99% of the World doesn’t. Combine that with the fact that the percentage of people who care about sound reproduction is even smaller, and this becomes a solitary hobby. However, I somehow manage to fill the time getting into pointless arguments with total strangers on the internet