Like many other hobbies, there are a great many audiophiles who are only into the technical side of things, and often don't even enjoy what they are hearing because they are obsessed with some technical detail. Or they just want what they think is the latest greatest new toy. I have unfortunately encountered a great many audiophiles who know shockingly little about music. So though you would think it would be required in theory to be a music lover to be an audiophile, it is clearly not the case in actual practice.
