Just like everywhere else, silliness in the audio world is Pareto distributed.

As someone who loves good sound reproduction, it's tiresome to have people endlessly start talking about magic rocks or whatever whenever the topic of audio quality or audio electronics is brought up online. What's sad to me is that a lot of this cynicism seems to come from people who haven't even heard a really good pair of speakers or headphones, and it drives people away from having potentially beautiful experiences. Go visit your local high end audio shop and ask for a demo. They will probably be glad to have you. Listnening to well-recorded music through great transducers and electronics in a well-treated room is a mind blowing experience if you haven't tried it.