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Should people with no turntable or reel to reel be considered audiophiles?

Just like those driving a Porsche SUV can join PCA (digital audio fans can join Audiogon) but are certainly not Porschephiles unless they also own a coupe (Panamera owners I guess gets a pass here).

Please respond with a yes or no and we'll tally a vote for the first 100 responses.

sokogear

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wsrrsw
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sokogear writes “Vermonster - a reputable $500 TT playing a good pressing will provide deeper, warmer sound than any digital”

Piffle.

I say again (Know) both can be great or so so. A great Flak file into a DAC and into tubes or Ss and with your backs turned many would/could never tell that sound verses that found a high end vinyl rig. By high end I mean 10-30K or more verses 5K up.


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To me that’s a nasty question. 

For less than the cost of a high end vinyl set up one can get stellar streaming (with DAC). A blind listening test would supervise you. 
If the question was posted sincerely then ok if not then grrrr. 

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Having just read this meandering thread this comes to mind.

  • Murphy’s Lesser-Known Dictums:

  • Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

  • He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

  • Those who live by the sword get shot by those who don’t.

  • Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.

  • The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there’s a 90% probability you’ll get it wrong.

  • The things that come to those who wait will be the things left by those who got there first.

  • Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day.Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat all day drinking beer.

  • The shin bone is a device for finding furniture in a dark room.

  • A fine is a tax for doing wrong. A tax is a fine for doing well.
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All this bunk makes me want to get a Tesla; Stuttgart ‘s great cluggers aside.  Boasting about my ride doesn’t make me a man.  Decrying only those with a turntable are audiophiles is elitist clap trap.  

I’m listening to Dylan’s new Sprechgesang “Rough and Rowdy Ways” on Qobuz with no turntable in site. And yes Virginia I’m an Audiophile. 

Anyone who loves music is my club maybe with the exception of a gamelan music hoedown. Many if us can’t afford the Crème de la Crème but we know about it. That’s why many are here. 


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glupson
Indeed the Tesla 3 isn’t included with a great sound system....the S & X are better but not up there. But what cars!

looscannon

The S and X have air suspension and I’ll sit in them for you, Out here in California they are everywhere.



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