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What is an audiophile? Are you an audiophile?

I had been pondering this question since I have been involved in audio. Not sure what audiophile means. I went to a few fellow audio gurus get together events and although I had fun and liked the company, I felt out of place. In fact of the opinions and passion people here on Audiogon have, I do not have such strong attachments. So what is your take.... are you an audiophile? If you are, how do you know?
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edcyn
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Good insight, sheps!
edcyn
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Yeah, I'm giving you a rough first draft here, but here goes...  Audiophiles love music.  Though their individual tastes and preferences may vary, they want to be able to reproduce the music they love as closely to their tastes & perceptions as their circumstances and pocketbooks can afford. 
edcyn
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Ninety-nine percent of the time, good audio gear makes the music you like sound better.  In turn, high fidelity is a wonderful facilitator of making your musical experience more enjoyable. Of making the music you like more deeply felt.

edcyn
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I gotta say that emaillists really has a handle on the best sense of what being an audiophile is/ought to be. It's not the gear that matters. It's what the gear delivers.

edcyn
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As perkri sez. I also have to say that my strange lust for beautiful sound has often driven me to purchase musical instruments that are, ahem, a bit above my station.

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