Anyone in this hobby lonely like me and wish they could “hang” with a fellow audiophile?

It's not just a audiophile thing. Most middle-aged, old guys and gals tend to be lonely.

You could forget about the audiophiles living in other states and invite some non-audiophile older guys and gals over (in your area) for listening to some music and hanging out. Who knows? They might actually turn into audiophiles...

I could count somewhere in the vicinity of 15, 20 people within the last 2 or 3 years who may have become audiophiles after i showed them some stuff, i.e., moved on from tv speakers/laptop speakers/sound bar/etc to some of the affordable rigs.

Ime, a small minimalist hometheater rig tends to be the gateway drug for some form of audiophilia. Start with exposing the non-audiophiles to some music videos, concerts, netflix series or whatever in a room that looks like a regular living room, not some lab.

@daveteauk 

At the other end of England in Cumbria

I am currently feeling blessed with some wonderful friends in audio. Just over past couple of days alone:

• had a morning in the NE of England with one who used to work in hifi retail and manufacturing
• spent yesterday with another in Lancashire - we went to an industry presentation by someone who works in recording and manufacturing at Linn
• Chatted for a couple hours on the phone with a third in Canada
• Exchanged emails about football with a fourth who also has worked in hifi retailing

We are five quite different people who share a music and hifi obsession.

Growing up in the 60’s and 70’s I was already heavily into music. I had a ’55 Ford wagon in which I drove 8 or so kids to school in once I could drive. I bought my first car cassette player (by Norelco). and wired two lame box speakers in the back. All of us would sing to Muddy waters, Beatles, Van Morrison, Uriah Heap, whatever I’d come up with, my friends would learn. God I miss those days.

But at least now-a-days it’s kind of fun when you blow someone’s mind when you ask if they want to listen to music like they’ve never heard it before.

“I listen in my car, it’s got good speakers”, geeze, give me a break.

I remember when I had my daughter and her bf listen to my best system. Afterward he said,
“That wasn’t just music, that was an experience!” Made my day.

I got my sister-in-law to sit and listen to 1 song. While the song was playing she got up and looked behind the equipment rack in the center. I asked what she needed, and her reply was, where is the speaker that I hear her (Adell) coming from?