as a professional audio engineer i'd like to say one thing about audiophiles

90% ARE POSEURS WHO DON'T KNOW SHIT ABOUT AUDIO

now let me tell you why...

1. They think tube amps sound better, because they are warmer and more natural.

WRONG WRONG WRONG! Solid state amps reproduce the sound much more faithfully than tube amps, if your sound needs more life bitch to whoever recorded CDs. Tube amps are much less accurate at reproducing sound than solid state amps, so if you think it sounds better great, but it's not accurate. I personally prefer a good solid state amp. If you find a tube amp that makes you cream everytime you use it more power to you, but more than likely it'll just sound bad.

2. Records produce a more natural sound because they're analog.

the lesser audiophiles are known to say this. Some even shelling out thousands on a high quality turntable. Well all albums are recorded straight to digital nowadays, so you're getting an analog of a digital song.

3. My system has 30 woofers!

perpetrated by lesser audiophiles. They like adding big cabinets with lots of bass, well music isn't intended to have mind blowingly loud bass, strike a good balance.

i'll think of more later.