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Hah, I loved that movie with crazy Klaus Kinski. Haven't seen it in 20 years. Must see again. Thanks, Sam.
Re: DemonicLemming, I fired off a response to his inanities early this morning then chose not to send it. Why bother. He's more invested in keeping the chip on his shoulder than getting to know who people really are and what drives them. I just find it ironic that he's the one obsessed with the price of gear and making judgments about high-end owners for it, and yet accuses them of being obsessed, when most I know personally aren't obsessed at all. We just get to talk about it here, and why not? It's a freaking audio forum! We get to be obsessed here and that's why we come: to talk about gear and gab with friends who like talking about gear. When we sign off, we hang out with our families, friends, neighbors, have jobs, have other interests, feed the cat, buy groceries, walk the dog, go to the gym, mow the lawn, and when we can, sit back and enjoy some music the best we can. I love my gear. It brings me the music I love. I worked hard for it, and I enjoy it. If I had to give it up, I would, but I'd miss it. That doesn't mean I like gear more than music. It does mean I've been both lucky and more than a little happy with what I have, and that's really a-okay with me.
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Why doesn't this forum have the Picard image when I need it...
I'm not "obsessed" with anything, nor do I have a chip on my shoulder about anything. I voiced my opinions based on my observations, and tommy had issues, evidently because my opinions didn't match his, and I wasn't going to bow and change mine because he told me to do so. I really don't give a damn how much anyone spends on audio gear - their money, not mine - but the whole idea that unless you spend lots of money on a hobby, you can't enjoy it as much as people who do spend lots of money on it is frankly bullsh*t.
The whole point of this thread was to determine whether audiophiles actually enjoy music, or if audio gear is just another outlet of expenditure for geeks. That was the entire point of my post - I feel that there
are quite a few people who have gone so far into buying gear that they're not concerned about the music nearly as much as they are about buying their next piece of equipment, and not nearly as worried about actually listening to the music to enjoy it as they are using the music to find flaws in their current setup to justify purchasing more expensive equipment.
I guess the implied "this doesn't cover everyone with a bunch of gear" went unnoticed, so next time I'll make it blatantly obvious what groups I'm talking about. But I still hold with what I initially said - there are plenty of people on here who are here for the gear for the sake of buying something, rather than the gear for the sake of enjoying their music; and furthermore, that someone who only spends $30 on their setup - and is completely happy with it - doesn't enjoy music any less than someone who spends $300 or $3000 or $30,000 on their gear. And yes, I do think that some of the people who are here simply to buy gear wouldn't listen to music if they couldn't use their expensive setups to do it - for the very fact that they only listen to music to use their expensive gear. I'm sure that's going to offend and piss people off - it already has. I'm not going to change my opinions because of that, and if the elitists around here want to hate me for that, great, bully for them.
The thing that strikes me as hilarious, though, is that I get called out as self-congratulatory and arrogant by someone who comes out and says the amount someone spends declares how much they enjoy this hobby. If that's not mindless, blatant elitism, I don't know what is. "I spent more money on my gear so I like this better" is really just more bullsh*t when you get right down to it.
