Hi! I am currently a graphic design student in college and was assigned a project to create a brand that is dedicated to Audiophiles! I really loved looking through this subreddit and learning about this community I did not know existed.
For this project, can you guys give me some challenges that audiophiles face? I noticed that a lot of setups can be expensive! so stuff like that would be helpful. And what are some needs? What are some things that you guys would benefit from?
Also, you can just tell me about yourself! I would love to know. I have never heard of or met an “audiophile” before and would love to know more about the interest. Tell me anything!
Others have hinted at this, but many audiophiles suffer from “audiophilia nervosa”, the idea that there’s something wrong with their system that could be made better by upgrading components, leading to “gear acquisition syndrome”.
Thus you have companies that market directly to that fear, selling expensive things like power line conditioners, power cords, interconnects, speaker cables, equipment isolators, devices to keep your speaker cables off the floor, etc. Or by claiming that their equipment is superlative in order to justify the high expense.
You might have a look at r/budgetaudiophile to get another perspective.