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Audiophile man lies on a track between two extreme end full stops called "just listening music" and "going nuts." Amount of money spent for the equipment determines which point you are close to. Unfortunately, there is no end point in the audiophile world. Like any other hobby, if it is kept under control, it is a very good hobby. But if one just listens sto pitting, creaking, farting noises after spending $300.000-USD for a system, the next full stop is a mental hospital for sure. I like a word saying "there is a very thin line between having a hobby and being a lunatic". IMHO, cables, cartridges and tubes are very very dangerous items which carry you to the dangerous full stop quite quickly. They have to be avoided as much as possible. I know a man who uses 10.000-EURO loudspeaker cables and drives a 20.000-EURO worth car. He is a lunatic. I use my secondary system in my own listening room (yes it is a small room but all in all I am away from my wife and children at the times of listening which is very very limited and nobody get hurts for my music listening sessions which would have required invading the living room and disturbing my family in another case) which costed to me around $3500-USD (integrated solid state amplifier+CD player+pair of bookshelf speakers+own custom designed racks) and I don't even know the loudspeaker cable brand name which was given free of charge with the loudspeakers. I don't care about them much because if I pay more than 10-USD for 2x2m of cables, I can not explain it to myself after being an engineer who is using a SS amplifier. I have an acoustical spectrum analyser system (not purchased for the hobby but business use) which costs almost like my system and according to that, my system sounds quite flat and neutral. It is what I want it to be. All in all, I use it for listening music as correct as possible under my hobby purchase limits. It would be a bit better but in that case I would need to sell my car, house and even change my marital status. It is not what I want to do. All in all, it is just a hobby not an addiction for me.