Oh no, say it ain't so.

There sure are a lot of folks I've seen on many a forum over many a year who would answer in the affirmative to most if not all of these 10 points. A couple probably apply to me, too. 

Oh my.  The gateway drug was ADCom.  I'm considering treatment.

I love music the most, but check a few of those boxes.

And that is the headphone system I used to travel with before I realized in noisy environments Bose Quiet Comfort noise cancelling headphones simply sounded more like music... and quieted the whole thing. 

This is just click bait and seems to be written from the perspective of someone who’s pretty clueless about high-end audio.  One can be both an audiophile and music lover, and with so much well-recorded music out there through Qobuz, Tidal, etc. there’s less reason than ever to be forced to listen to poor recordings.  I confess I don’t listen to Steely Dan’s (my favorite band) older stuff on my high-end stereo or headphone rigs because it sounds like it’s recorded — pretty poor at least as far as the digital recordings are concerned.  But I’m sure as hell not gonna dumb down my high-end systems to make that music more listenable because all the better recordings would suffer greatly, and that’s not even close to a fair trade off in my book.  If I want to enjoy music that’s recorded poorly I’ll listen on earbuds or a Bluetooth speaker and enjoy it just fine without having to wince at all the recording warts that become so obvious on a good system.  In any event, being an audiophile and a music lover is not mutually exclusive IMHO. 

Lots of BS in that article. And yes, I know that it is being done somewhat with tongue in cheek, but there are certainly a lot of people that take these mostly false stereotypes as being true. And they tend to use the term "audiophile" in a derogatory way.

It is based entirely on the premise, that being an audiophile is somehow inferior to being a music lover.

First of all, all that the term audiophile means, is a person who is enthusiastic about hi-fidelity sound reproduction.

Wouldn’t that describe everyone that owns home audio gear?

As far as using music to listen to one’s gear, as opposed to using one’s gear to listen to music, this is creating a false dichotomy.

For the vast majority of my listening time, I am ignoring my gear and am fully engrossed with the music.

But there are other times, maybe a couple of hours every couple of weeks, that I can have a hell of a lot of fun, only "using music to listen to my gear". I will play only "audiophile approved recordings" and only listen to how well my system is reproducing them.

So, for the 90%, or more time, I spend listening to the music without listening to the gear, am I a music lover and not an audiophile? And then, for those other times, I become an audiophile? Funny, I feel like the same person, during both types of listening sessions.

Of course not. I am always an audiophile, and I am always a music lover.

Yep, this is the clickbait junk we've come to expect from headphonesty. Sometimes they have a slightly interesting topic worthy of more discussion (e.g. KEF driver issues), but this one - nope. Who cares? Some of us enjoy music AND gear. That's why we're here. There's no inherent superiority in being a "more pure" music lover.

I am feeling pretty positive about myself.

I only answered "yes" to 8 out of 10 questions.

One day at a time.

According to that I am definitely not an Audiophile. Though I wonder if it makes a difference that I judge people who use Spotify out in the open?

I think ‘tongue in cheek’ is more apropos description than ‘Click Bait.’ If you can’t laugh at yourself, you need an attitude adjustment.
Disclaimer: I checked all the boxes!

You can tell the people who checked a lot of the boxes just by some of the responses in this thread. Defensive much?

This is a site for audiophiles.  It’s ok here to say that you love gear for its own sake.  You are amongst friends.

I have never encountered anyone who buys expensive gear and spends significant time listening to sounds of trains and the Doppler effect, or whatever the hoary stereotype is.  Every one buys gear to listen to music.  
 

  Most people don’t pay attention to audio quality while listening.  We do.  So shoot us.

  What I really tire of are audiophiles who criticize others for being audiophiles.

What is inherently better about loving music over gear?

Is it not like loving cruelty over kindness or loving sociopaths rather than saints?

The people who like to chant, "It's about the music" need to put their keyboards away and go listen to music rather than insisting on a dumb platitude.

3 Yes  (#'s 2, 4, 9)

7 No

Where does that put me?

I like this question.

@oldrooney + 1

1st time ever in my life scoring 100 percent on a survey! Read this with what is surely intended to be humorous... and, yes, it was laughingly like looking in the mirror. Loved some of those pics, as well. Helpful reminder to keep music enjoyment in perspective.

“It ain’t so”

Sorry, I couldn’t resist.😀

Far too many zero sum games today, simple minds affix labels and completely miss the idea of complexity. Stupidity is a valuable commodity in the social media marketplace.

I would like to believe my primary driver is a love of music, but I feel no guilt that I love hi end equipment.  Yes, I am guilty of at least three points.   As an example, I am posting here.  As another example that I have mentioned previously in other posts, there are some genius Herbert von Karajan interpretations of the classic composers, released in the 1960’s and mastered for vinyl that were so shrill in the high end that I cannot get past the sound to the genius of the interpretation.  This was further compounded by poor digital remastering techniques on 1970s reissues.  My goal, which I believe I have achieved with my system, is to use the system as an enabler to extract the emotion of the composition and performance, and to use the system to evoke memories of the emotion brought by live performances I have attended, for recorded music playback can only approach a live acoustic performance in an excellent venue.  I have not changed system components often for I have always set goals for SQ improvement and only changed when I met the goals, not because I read about the next best thing.  I dislike bad music as much as bad mastering.  For example, while I have purchased Diana Krall  albums, I rarely spin them for I find the overdone composition annoying.  Give me the originals of her covers any time.  

Yes, I agree with those who say you can be a music lover and an audiophile at the same time.  As long as you don’t get on the merry-go-round.

I'll say this. As a newbie a****phile poseur, my new system has me branching out to so much more music than I had been listening to.  And back to stuff, I once loved.  Find the beginning of that circle!

@superblueapm 

my new system has me branching out to so much more music than I had been listening to.  And back to stuff, I once loved. 

Perfect! This is me, too. 

Paying attention to sound leads one to more music, and vice-versa.

Imagine someone saying, "Don't learn about the biology of a rose. It won't look as beautiful afterwards."

Phooey. The "why" of things can make the "what" of things more beautiful. It's the classic false-dilemma exploded by Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.

You guys can be so serious, of course the article is suppose to be fun, not a serious stance on being an Audiophile. That in it's self speaks volumes to us all.

That being said I feel personally attacked! 

I'm guilty as charged.

You guys can be so serious, of course the article is suppose to be fun, not a serious stance on being an Audiophile. That in it’s self speaks volumes to us all.

That being said I feel personally attacked!

The thing is, that even though this article is probably not meant to be taken seriously, there are plenty of ill informed people on various audio forums, that seriously mimic the points brought up in this article.

There are a lot of people out there are pretty arrogant about their being "anti-audiophiles.

...well, listen to the sound of all the jerked knees.....😏 *L*

"What? Who, Me?!" through "...but of course..."

Does make for a fun fuss-up in print.... ;)

I like my junk, the local 'sortaSOTA' if only to me and the spouse for reviews....dog watches the screen, the cats sleep through most anyway.

Instead of the 'upper spiral "merry"-goings-on' I'm going sideways broadening my mopes.....details, details, this to that thru the (X)....

But, just listening to do just That....

Anytime.....otherwise, it's being wasted away from the point of it all...

Don't Ignore Joy.

*Punch Play*

41:40 > 48:20  =  6:40.....you've wasted more on less.... ;)  

Dust your woofs regularly...

Not Insane.  Cheers, J

"....ha le lu ya...."

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 8. 9!!!!!

...there are plenty of ill informed people on various audio forums, that seriously mimic the points brought up in this article.

Likely so.  However, make no mistake, there are also plenty of highly informed people on various forums who don't "mimic", but literally personify the points brought up in the article.  I know I personally have been guilty of a couple of the points.  In fact, it was only in the past few months that I finally conceded that no matter how much I listened to my MMGs (key words:  "to my MMGs") they just did not play nice in my open floor plan/vaulted ceiling room and I was no longer listening to the music (and, frankly, hadn't been in quite a while).  Room treatment, DSP, 350 watts of high current power, decent upstream gear (Oppo CD/DVD, Parasound P5 preamp, vintage Denon CD, Tidal via iPhone through Liquid Spark DAC).......it didn't matter.  I was just listening to the room, the speakers, and the system trying to figure out how to make it collectively sound better.  Fact is, that system would kill it in a conventionally-configured listening room.  After leveling with myself, I recently replaced the MMGs with Ohm Walsh Tall 2000s which are much, much better suited to my room, and I'm once again listening to "music" that sounds fantastic through my system.  Is it perfect?  No.  The room configuration remains, but deploying well-done, quasi-omnidirectional speakers did wonders for the music's presentation.  

So, yeah.  I was supremely guilty of #1.  And #s 2, 4, 5 and 9, if  we're fully confessing here.  

I have loved music and audio equipment since I was a,kid.Buying 45s, albums,cassettes, 8trs.,cds and then vinyl albums again.When other guys were watching ball games .I would listen to music.I don't have a 100,000 audio set up...but I always tried to get the best deal I could get.I love now that cds are so freaking cheap and I'm buying them like crazy...ok shoot me.

MULVELING... well said, as usual.  +1