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Audiophile Vs. Techfile

I'm not an audiophile.

After the time ive spend on this board over the past month or so, i have realized this. I have always considered myself to be one, but i now believe i am a Techfile, not an Audiophile.

You audiophiles amaze me with the amount of effort you put in the smallest of areas and the perfection that is demanded. While sometimes the things you all do i consider very nutty, i can see your passion. Talk about dedication to a hobby! I applaud each and every one of you.

I myself now understand that i am not an audiophile. I dont care about the airborn vibrations, or room treatments, or any of that. I am a techfile. I care about the gear. I love music, dont get me wrong, but my real passion is for well engineered and crafted technology. I love the way it connects and runs in harmony. And this is not just limited to audio gear im also equally fixed on video gear, gadgets, everything that has been "engineered"

Pulling out a brand new piece of gear and smelling the factory and electronics and seeing and feeling the precision craftmanship probably gives me a feeling compared to TWL finally getting his rig set up to perfection and playing his favorite classical pice.

i almost feel like im tresspassing anymore.

Is there anybody else on here like me? Or am i the only one?
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Blueswan makes some good points.

The fact of the matter is a person is neither a technophile nor an audiophile. I think the person has to be both. They are a "Dr Jeckyl and Mr Hyde" symbiotic relationship. The technophile typically precedes the audiophile, but the two have to be present in the person.

Without a bit of audiophile, the technophile would have no need to use the system. They would be happy basking in the presence of it, experiencing the warm glow of it.

The audiophile would amass a system and never change it. Once they reached a certain level where the combination of technology and musical reproduction occured they would be satisfied and discontinue the search for "the newer and better" and simply enjoy the music.

Most of us wander back and forth between technophile and audiophile. The audiophile is currently content with his/her system. The technophile is currently shopping.
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