Not trying to justify a half million dollar system but this is kind of a false dichotomy. No matter where you travel or how much you pay for a concert you won't get to see Jimi Hendrix, John Coltrane, Ivan Moravec etc. etc. I don't think there is any formula for fiscal proportions either. If one loves music they spend money on music as they see fit for their personal priorities and circumstances. Besides, I see nothing wrong with folks being gear heads. IMO it's a bit pretentious to look down one's nose at gear heads as inadequate music lovers and second rate audiophiles.
I don’t think he was but the two are not mutually exclusive imo. To get ‘ music’ spending that kind of money is unnecessary, all
@watchnerd saying is they must be gear heads or lying to themselves.
No one really cares but Iv ment plenty of people who enjoy their creation ( set of components, hifi)as a abstract thing more so than the actual music. Non of them have claimed to be music lovers mind you. You will find many men who love their cars more than driving, in fact plenty who are out polishing their pride and joy can’t drive well at all irrespective of wether the vehicle is a Lamborghini or a Honda Civic .
You won’t find many people who love all kinds of music , who don’t subscribe to a type of tribalism or elitism as the base for their devotion or maybe just a innocent familiarity is the the founding motivation.
I for one can be found wearing the same cloths , so no ‘ uniform’ at trance gigs, metal gigs, jazz gigs , classical gigs etc etc and I can honestly say I’m fairly out of the ordinary in every instance. Most show conformity to the usual tribal signatures, clothing , class, tattoos, piecings, silk scarfs ...., doc martens
I don’t claim to be better, by observation I only claim to be odd...
I can’t comment on ML, I don’t know him and tbh he’s totally irrelevant to me. I don’t really understand why he’s gained such a sense of importance to so many here, maybe some of you see him as a figure head for audiophools but he’s a human being in the end of the day and I’d suggest giving him notoriety is self defeating and some of it is unnecessarily mean and being that way is far worse a character trait than spending too much on cables!
I don’t want us picking on normal folk , aim your cannon at hifi companies by all means and their representatives but let’s leave enthusiasts out of the line of fire where possible.