“Civilian” reaction to your gear?

way back when i had the martin logan aerius i's, i would always get asked if they were heaters. 

I was told years ago that my Manepans were good looking room dividers.

My wife used to tell me that she preferred the sound from her Mac. However, after I recently added the Denafrips Hestia, upgraded to a $550 XLR cable, and started playing music she enjoys, she changed her mind. Now, whenever I play the right music for her, she compliments my system.

I guess money does play the music well.

First reaction was WOW, but when they asked if they can connect their phones to my system via Bluetooth to play some Apple Music songs and I explained that my system doesn’t have a Bluetooth but uses a direct Qobuz Streaming, the reaction was Meh…it took me several tries to explain how the streaming works and why its better than Bluetooth but at the end I didn’t see any understanding in their eyes.  LOL.  When I found and played their Apple Music songs on Qobuz the reaction was WOW again. To tell you the truth, after that I actually purchased  $15 Bluetooth receiver. I keep it in the shelf just in case if another “civilian” would want to connect his phone to my system. LOL

Usual first reaction is “a whole room for just stereo?”. Anyone who shows interest, walks away after an audition with varying degrees of appreciation but my 4 year old granddaughter loves it! A whole room for a “dance party” (several times a week). The Floor is Lava, The Wheels on The Bus and the Frozen theme never sounded better according to her! ( just have to keep her away from the exposed tubes and speaker drivers). (Oh… I forgot Baby Shark…)