Your hi-fi sucks 🥳

 

Audio Avoidance Personality Disorder and Audio Narcissism:

It all boils down to criticisms, at both the giving and receiving end.

Some people love to criticize, but criticisms without etiquette tells you more about the person, than the object of his criticism.   If someone invites you to their home for dinner, would you criticize every dish?   Not enough salt on this, to much oil on that.    And would you criticize somebody's wife?   "O her ass is too fat and her boobs are too small?".  How would you like somebody to criticize your wife?

Ask yourself whether you are capable of basic human decency which includes proper manners and etiquette.    So why criticize another person's system, especially when you may not be the ultimate expert yourself.

Very common amongst Asian audiophile groups is the "Si Fu" (Grand Master) syndrome.    They see audio as some sort of path to enlightenment, as if there's some ladder to climb, to achieve seniority.   

I have no Si Fu and I don't need Si Fu's. Anyone who thinks of himself as a grand master over some stupid Hi-Fi shit, is truly exercising self loathing stupid egotism.   And you can be sure, you are no Si Fu, as you are most certainly preaching subjective taste, and not objective certainty.

 And there is always somebody with a bigger dick than yours.

The flip side of the coin is, some people simply cannot handle the slightest criticism.  Some are so thin skinned that they would disassociate entire social groups in fear of criticism.   

What's the big deal, really ?   If my system sounds like s*** to another person, does it really matter to me?    Is it going to hurt my feelings?  Do I lose sleep over it?    

Stupid is as stupid does.   Do not let others define who you are or what you like.   If I like McIntosh, what's it to you?   

Audio Narcissists should also take heed, that if you can't take criticism, stop giving them yourself.  Unless if you want to be Donald Trump.  Childish.

At the end of the day, human relationship is more valuable than what you own, or what others think of what you own, so don't fall into the pitfall of misplaced priorities.

So don't let stupid childish behaviors sever friendships over some stupid expensive toys.

Thanks to Richard H. Mak for above inspired and inspirational prose.