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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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mahgister
12,961 posts
 
We all pick music through the sound and sometimes pick sounds from the music... And the silence in between is sometimes sound, sometimes music....

Who is an audiophile? who is not?


rfnoise
153 posts
 
I’ve been accused of being an audiophile by friends. Granted, they fall into the “happy with my soundbar”camp... I generally get embarrassed and mumble something to the effect that, no,  audiophiles use $4k speaker cables and understand impedance curves. I just have an unhealthy and uneconomic obsession with stereo equipment.

superblackbirddave1
27 posts
 
I prefer the term "hifi enthusiast" myself....
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curiousjim
4,236 posts
 
I guess I’m not.
While I do appreciate listening to high end equipment, I also can be happy listening to my office setup, a Kenwood receiver, Sony CD player and some Yamaha speakers that are aimed right at my ears.

All the best.

JD
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oregonpapa
4,867 posts
 
I much prefer the term "Music Lover." The equipment is only the vehicle we "Music Lovers" use to get us closer to the music, or the music closer to us. I’ll take a plain-Jane black box if it is less expensive than a gold-plated one if the music conveyed is the same.

Frank
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