My case is worst...
I listen in Classical more to Choral music before Bach... Or eccentric composers Bruckner or Scriabin or not very known one : Simpson or Sorabji...
I am a fan of Indian music...
Worst i love to death Iran/Persian music ...I can indulge in Japan, China and African music...
I dislike most pop/rock/heavy metal or almost all commercial hits more than one listen in the best case...I am very selective in Jazz i prefer world jazz often to great American names...or obscure American Jazz genius...
My system is low cost/ but so well optimized i prefer my low cost speakers in my acoustics small room and Headphones to magnepan big speakers in a living room..
Then i cannot be sincere discussing with an audiophile owning them,
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I am interested by acoustics science over gear by optimization over brand names...
Even here i am alone or mostly singular...![]()
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

