Oh no, say it ain't so.

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.

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.