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Subject: Why are we audiophiles?
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Date: 13 Sep 90 13:30:06 GMT
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Why are we Audiophiles?

Ray Chowkwan and I had a recent E-mail discussion where an interesting
point arose - what is the motivation behind those who pursue audiophilic
interests?

Some of you may be motivated by love of the music and wish to reproduce 
it as accurately as possible, still others enjoy the equipment as much as 
the music it produces.

Ray loves the music, for him the system that produces it is secondary.
For myself, I enjoy the design of audio equipment as much if not more so
than listening to it.

So as a matter of curiosity I would be interested to hear why the rest of
you consider yourselves audiophiles? It is love of music, love of the 
equipment, the art of tinkering to produce the best sound, or professional
affiliation which has bled over into personal life, etc...

Please summarize your *primary* reason for this pursuit and then if you 
desire, go into a little more detail about your passions regarding this
field. Any responses E-mailed to me will be collated and summarized in
a future posting.

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