[Radio Wrangler]

That's the only real problem I see in audiophilia. I have no issue with the immensely rich swanning around in uber-impractical Ferraris and incendiary Lomborghinis. It's their money and their inconvenience.

What worries me is someone of average means getting bitten by the bug and sucked in by the seductive prose and imaginary advantages. Having to scrimp and save to afford a highly touted mains cable is going to affect the rest of their families. This is where a hobby turns bad. One set of interconnects would buy how many kids a bike for Christmas? It's only an innocent pastime if it affects no-one else.

I suppose it's not as damaging as alcoholism or as nasty as fearsomely expensive folk remedies when the money could have been spent on something which at least had a chance of effecting a cure.

David