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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.


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paladin
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I believe that most of us here on the gon are audiophiles.
I also believe that anyone who actually thinks of themselves as a TEA has an ego the size of Kansas.
There are some of us that have & truly enjoy their $1K systems as much or more than others who have mega buck$ systems.
In all honesty - I think the only TEA's are people that you believe are the experts. ie: Someone who can walk into a listening room & detect imperfections in a system (like a tweeter off axis/plane, too much boom in bass, an anemic amp etc.).
I have only met one such person in my 50 years in this hobby & am lucky enough to have him as a friend who has helped me develop great sound over the past 20 years - THANKS TED!
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Raul,
       I met Ted about 25 years ago & over time I considered him like an older brother.
He is one of those (one of a kind) people that everyone seeks to like & respect.
Together we have entertained many of my most affluent clients, have eaten in the very best of restaurants, enjoyed some of the best cigars,
sampled some great wines & cognacs & have gone to some really great concerts.
Ted does not own a great audio system, but he just seems to know a ton more than anyone I have ever met about audio.
He's very well educated, works for doctors & sets up cc surveylance systems.
In the past Ted has re-wound the coil of a very expensive cartridge, re-worked my Tandberg reel to reel deck, repaired a power amp & replaced a tweeter on a speaker that blew - Just to name a few things.
He just has a great ear & is more than willing to help as long as it does not require heavy lifting.
Very few people are blessed with his talent - I was blessed with knowing him.
I think that he is way too humble to consider himself a TAE, but I most certainly do!
For you guys who like snake oil - I hope to open a TAE school soon here in NY.
There will be 25 credits over 25 months @ $2K per credit & as soon as I can clone Ted - We Will Go NATIONAL!
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