First, I'd say that one can be an "audiophile" without having attained the status of a TEA. Second, I would define the term "audiophile" as "a music lover who got side-tracked by a parallel obsession with the reproduction of music by electronic means". And finally, I would not dare to define myself as a TEA, but I would probably be willing to concede that someone else may be a TEA. However, no one is ever free of his personal biases, which gets in the way of being a TEA for all others audiophiles. For example, your bias against tubes, Raul.
ARE YOU A " TRUE EXPERT AUDIOPHILE " ( T E A ) ???
Dear friends: I questioned my self several times about with no sure answer in this " easy " question.
A priori almost all of us think we are and through the Agon threads ( and in other forums. ) we try to show " we are ". We try to share our experiences and " best " learning and at the same time through those thread discussion we try to learn. Well not all, many of us posted/post to be the winner: the one with the right and only explanations.
Through my audio life I learned that exist no single audiophile ( included proffesionals reviewers/"gurus". ) whom write the right audio " bible ", many of us have higher knowledge level on some audio topics and " almost " all ignorants with other topics it does not matters what that " guru " can think.
IMHO the high-end audio experience is a day by day endless learning and we can learn not only from those " gurus " but from the " rookies " too.
Now, the main subject in the thread is to find out with certainty what means: T E A level and to start somewhere first I would like , along all of you, try to find out the definition of an Audiophile.
So, the thread is totally open for all of us come to help on this T E A quest.
So, for you: what's and AUDIOPHILE ? main characteristics for ?
W E L C O M E D !!! your effort is appreciated. Btw, the thread is NOT and evaluation of each one of us but looking for answers and a learning exercise for all.
Regards and enjoy the music,
R.
A priori almost all of us think we are and through the Agon threads ( and in other forums. ) we try to show " we are ". We try to share our experiences and " best " learning and at the same time through those thread discussion we try to learn. Well not all, many of us posted/post to be the winner: the one with the right and only explanations.
Through my audio life I learned that exist no single audiophile ( included proffesionals reviewers/"gurus". ) whom write the right audio " bible ", many of us have higher knowledge level on some audio topics and " almost " all ignorants with other topics it does not matters what that " guru " can think.
IMHO the high-end audio experience is a day by day endless learning and we can learn not only from those " gurus " but from the " rookies " too.
Now, the main subject in the thread is to find out with certainty what means: T E A level and to start somewhere first I would like , along all of you, try to find out the definition of an Audiophile.
So, the thread is totally open for all of us come to help on this T E A quest.
So, for you: what's and AUDIOPHILE ? main characteristics for ?
W E L C O M E D !!! your effort is appreciated. Btw, the thread is NOT and evaluation of each one of us but looking for answers and a learning exercise for all.
Regards and enjoy the music,
R.