Im joking really, im an audiophile myself with a decent hi fi set up that cost a few thousand dollars.
However, there is a subset of audiophiles that completely perplexes me. It just seems to me that at some stage, its no longer audiophilia (love of sound) but rather, some kind of neuroses where you have to control and make whatever you hear ‘pure’ or whatever it is. I worked in a psych ward years ago, and some of the stuff schizoprenics would say (about things being impure and such) echo alot of what I hear obsessive audiophiles say sometimes.
For example, theres audiophiles that would buy stuff like this:
https://www.toys4vip.com/en/luxury-toy/turntable/
A $133,000 turntable hooked up to a power conditioner, just so they can play a vinyl. I mean, this is fucking crazy right?
A $133k turntable purchase isn’t mental illness, it’s bragging rights. They bought it because it was $133k. If there’d been a $150k model, they’d have bought that one instead.
They probably don’t even listen to it unless there is someone to show it off to. They’re using Airpods on a diamond-bedazzled iPhone the rest of the time.
Products like that exist only to relieve billionaires of some bucks. BRB, designing a new turntable.