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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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mahlman
433 posts
 
Heh heh," "Your system sounds like crap"

See, I'm an audiophile! "
  Followed by I spent a gob of cash on gear which qualifies me as an equipment audiophile aristo and I also spent $200 to buy a hires album (that is not one in reality)  so you plebes better watch out.
  Or this one. You are unable to spend the money I do on things and for that reason alone you have no idea of what quality sound is.
knotscott
826 posts
 
Wow...you guys are tough!  And I just thought an audiophile is someone with a passion for recreating music in their home via electronics.
cymbop
315 posts
 
I think it's about *listening.*  An audiophile is a person who dedicates time to the act of listening to recorded music.

If you actively listen to your Bose Wave Radio, you're an audiophile.  If your Wilson Chronosonics play music only in the background of your life, then you're just a person who owns an expensive thing.
abraxalito
93 posts
 
If your system cost more than your music collection I'd say you're an audiophile.
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