Sharing the experience

Today was thanksgiving (2012) and my brother-in-law came over with his wife for dinner. Now, he's a pretty techy sort of guy and is into music, audio, speakers, etc. He's not obsessive or anything but he cares about how things sound - he's a movie producer and editor, so he has professional interest as well. I invited him to have a listen to my gear as it stands right now - nothing amazing, but certainly solid and better than any headphone jack. Now he was impressed, but not blown away and that is when I realized... you need to be a particular type of ocd to appreciate things like slight differences in sound-stage and imaging. I am a pretty detailed oriented person, but I guess I might have to find a new adjective to describe my interest in music listening. Oh well - at least there's head-fi!