Sorry
@srkbear, but
@Mart68 summed it up better than me. No one said that we in the UK live humble, ascetic lives.
You only have to read about Vardy v Rooney, which has gripped the UK in the last week, proving you can have all the money in the world and still plumb the depths of vulgarity.
It has been the case for centuries. It was written into our tax code about 220 years ago, which was designed so that no one had to tell the treasury how much they actually earned. It was only about 50 years ago that you actually had to add up all your income and report it. The first class of income was from land, because that was how respectable people derived their money, the last class of was income from employment, because only people at the bottom of the food chain actually had to work for a living.
So if people buy audio here to show off, it's not something I've experienced.
People may think people buy expensive cables and stuff just to show off because they can think of no other reason. I would never criticise anyone for buying expensive hifi or say they were being ripped off because it is not for me to question or understand their motives. It's their money, they can do with it what they like.
Can someone please explain why it is required to read head-fi?