What's your definition of an audiophile?


Our love of audio is really basic biology with the brains dopamine reward system. The more we get pleasure with something the more we seek it out for the brains dopamineric response. Better sounding music equal more reward. MUSIC is our high! I tried to be a little eccentric from a science perspective. Alan Parsons cynically said "Audiophiles don’t use their equipment to listen to music. Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment”. Let me hear your definition


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Also: Allen Parsons’ quote succinctly sums it up. (See above.)
I’m both at different times an audiophile and music lover.
Some fantastic definitions here.
Best for me:  started off as a music lover.  then...........

My definition:
Audiophiles use music to listen to their equipment.
Music lovers use their equipment to listen to music
This, of course is an overstatement.  You can be both
But it’s very hard.