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/

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A $133,000 turntable hooked up to a power conditioner, just so they can play a vinyl. I mean, this is fucking crazy right?

  • SarcoZQ@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Decades ago, a fellow audiophile told me something I won’t forget. Paraphrasing: “There are people who buy expensive paintings. That’s fine, but you can only look at a million-dollar painting, one picture, so many times. Me, I’d rather take one-tenth of that money and build a stereo system that puts me in touch with virtually all the sonic art that’s ever been created.”

    While I agree completely; there’s the resale value. The painting probably has a better resale value. While the equipment might fetch 40% retail after a couple of years. Unless you scored yourself a very coveted piece that gained value over time, which is rare.

    Art collectors are mostly in it for the money; they need to park their funds somewhere. Audiophiles are in it for the experience, and I hope they know it is at a net loss.