Best travel destinations for audiophiles

In order
1. Cleveland
2. Chicago
3. Dresden
4. Amsterdam
5. Vienna
6. My listening room :)

Parisians can be quite rude to English speakers; don't take it too hard. As they say - France is for French.

My wife, son and I spent a week in Paris about 6 years ago (the year Floyd Landis temporarily won the Tour d'France). We were a little apprehensive given that oft-repeated warning. We found it to be "urban legend". My wife encountered one rude salesclerk at a small dress shop. Otherwise, all of the Frenchmen and women we interacted with were not at all condescending or impatient w our English or our somewhat crude attempts at French. One night I got almost completely thru ordering my dinner in French and finished w "por favor". My family near split a gut laughing, but the waiter didn't even blink. We are all very anxious to go back. Paris is a little more difficult than London for Americans but its well worth the effort. Just be aware that it can be VERY HOT in mid-summer and A/C is not nearly universal, but I'd go back in heartbeat.

Swampwalker, that's about what I expect to be the case. As a general rule, I believe people will treat you with the respect they feel they are given. At least that's been my experience.
My wife is texting me in French to which I respond in kind. Although I had to use the translator for the last one. Her last text translated as "I gild you." :)

"France is for French" is not an "urban legend" at all. And the rest, well, it depends, right.
Other places worth visiting?

Italy. I lived there two years in the 70's and didn't want to leave. The people were wonderful, as was the food. You can get anywhere cheap by just hopping on a train. Beautiful country.