I had friends until I got into audio. Then I started telling them what they should be hearing, how to place their speakers and how room comfort, furnishings and other things like their spouses' feelings are incongruent with the the goal of suspension of disbelief. For the rich knowledge I impart, I am labeled mean. Now I ask you? Who is the victim here?

Personality goes a long way...via a keyboard.

House of the Rising Sone
Out in the mid or far field
Dedicated mid-woofers are over-rated