Am I right for this forum?

Also…. see my vintage system (s) great sound under $3k… is cake,,, fun cake…

@snilf  ....yeah, stick 'round....get to learn all manner of audtrivia, and the compulsions that steer that.... ;)

@whart .... Bill?  Jerry.... *screen fist bump*

@tomic601  ....."Nerf Canons"......?

(.....so dam sentimental......oh, well.. *sounds of rustling in a drawer....* Ah....

*Nerf-Hypo, pre-dosed withhhh....*.yes 😎😏 )

" 601 was found face-down in a field of daffydills, over a 'corn hole' the size of which is amazi              "

*bip*Technical Difficulties <> Please Stan*bip*ounty Officials are bemused.

We here at Newz4kdU have never seen the like...*head shake*

...back to you...."

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'tomic?  Oh, good....

It's all a dream....that one, and This.... ;)

If you are happy with your system, if the sound fills you with passion and immerses you in the joy or sadness of the music and you want to keep listening to it all the time without getting fatigued and have to pull yourself away from it when responsibilities call I’d say you have a great system that for you can’t be bettered.

So yes you belong here if you are interested in other people’s systems and their thoughts on how it reproduces the music they love. If not you have your answer.

By the way what are your thoughts when you go to hear other people's much more expensive systems which are being proudly displayed and then going home to listen to yours? 

Having spent less than $3k on you main system sounds more like bragging about being a good bargain hunter.  I tend to do that too.  What's the retail price?

@snilf I hope enough has been offered as replies to leave you not feeling  alienated.

Firstly the Term High Fidelity has never been a intention of a Design, it was first used Coined as a Phrase, in the 1950's, where it was inclusive of a Advertising Spiel for a Product.

As a Phrase to day it is quite corrupted and broad in meaning.

Audiophile is also claimed to be first Coined as Phrase in the 1950's, which pretty much relates to being enthusiastic about recorded music and the methods/tools required to achieve the end sound.

It does seem, the Term Audiophile appeared close to 100 years later than it could have been first used. As Thomas Edison had a Tool Produced to achieve this with similar ease to what is experienced to date. 

"Thomas Edison was catapulted to international fame with his 1877 invention of the phonograph—a machine that recorded and played back anything that it “heard.” But Edison was not the first person to record sound. That honor goes to Edouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, a French inventor who in 1857 devised his phonautograph—a machine that inscribed the vibrations of airborne sounds onto a permanent medium."

From my end an Audiophile is an enthusiast, but one with a co-joined interest.

There is not an equal balance to the co-joined elements, the Interest in Recorded Music Replay and the Tools to achieve very very rarely share Parity.

Some Individuals can only see their Value to being Labeled and Audiophile if their interest is dominated by the equipment, both Cost of Equipment, along with ideas about accuracy of a electronic design are the interest.

Additionally, if one is to be made feel uncomfortable in a Public Domain, there is a lot of evidence to suggest those afflicted with having their thoughts dominated by the equipment, are usually the main contributors.

Thankfully there is also a healthy Contingent of individuals to be found in a Public Domain, who do have a genuine desire to experience recorded music being replayed, and the end goal is to achieve a replay only. 

I have no doubts there is within the group who desire to experience recorded music being replayed, a selection who do concern themselves with the ideas of how to refine the sound they are experiencing, but these types are seemingly much more protected from developing Obsessional thoughts, as the enjoyment of the music replays is seeming a natural protection against becoming dysfunctional.

As yourself and Family are musicians possibly first, find enjoyment using recorded music possibly second and have the interest in the tools to replay the recorded music as a third place. This all sounds from my end very grounded and welcome to be part of a Audio Discussion Community.  

Being an Audiophile is not all ego through ownership of the so called 'Best' and being a conceited know all of what is Best.

Being an Audiophile is being balanced as an individual across all things that are related to creating a replay of recorded music.

I do believe the OP is a close to true description of being an Audiophile, I also believe the OP is Balanced in their interest of achieving replays of recorded music.

The 'Gon' as a Public Domain needs plenty of these true, balanced, types to keep it real.