How rare is an audiophile


I’ve been extremely busy lately and not had a chance to sit back and listen to music  on my system for a few weeks. I’ve streamed my favorite music in the car and on a small JBL Flip-4 portable speaker; which by the way “punches way above its size class.”  I continued to enjoy music whenever, wherever, and however i can during this “dry spell.”

So now its 5 am Sunday morning. I know i’ll be spending most of the day listening on the JBL when my wife and I drive out to a lake house we bought recently and are furnishing and getting ready for 4 generations to enjoy lake life this summer and for years to come. 
I’ve let my system warm up and hit play on my CD player. I now find myself in total bliss listening to Chris Standing’s newest CD “The Lovers Re-mix Collection.”  The effect of the quality of the sound of the music my wife and i are enjoying right now with a cup of coffee is hard to explain, but it brought literal tears of joy.  

I started thinking, how many people are like us?  What % of the population are audiophiles (whatever your definition of an audiophile is)?

I know the answer is heavily dependent on which country you live in. I live in the US along with ~332,000,000 fellow citizens (please, lets not get political on the meaning of population or citizen). 
Are we the 0.1%ers?  Are there ~332,000 audiophiles in the US?

i’d be interested in what others think about how rare our species is.

ezstreams

@edcyn ....well, to be equitable ’bout it...a chunk of the bell curve of people who enjoy music to the degree of wanting to experience it in a certain way of our own choice with devices that range from better than ’average’ to a degree of *ah* commitment that verges on ’mania’...

Or....enthusiast to truth seeker, a bunch of varied ’philes. *L*

We only squabble occasionally... ;) And generally only a few get heated over whatever it is...the rest resist the keys, and watch the static coalesce.... 😏

We’re good on info, mostly; good-natured for the most part.

I’d rather be here, listening to whatevers’ up on screen 2 with the desk Walsh or with the ’phones...

Beats going to a bar. Hard to predict wtf one runs into there... *L*

Meanwhile...back at the ranch....

Spouse ’n self went to Puscifer this eve...one of the more varied crowds I’d expected, but guessing we were likely the ’elders’ in the mix. *G*

The ’openers’ (fem screecher with a the guy on the keys) did 4 numbers loud and hard to tell apart....’meh* Short interlude before the main event...

Existential Reckoning tour..
poster of...

Ev’s used to my tastes in edm/trance/remixes/and ’other’ and found it interesting and compelling at times...

But after ’bout 1.5 hour of bass and subs of ’Industrial rock alternative rock electronic’ in a 16.5K sq.ft. with *mm* 2300 others...we both agreed to cut at the Intermission (bladder break, at min., but the lines to the 1m/1fem RR’s...) and recoup @ home 10 minutes away.

I pocketed my aids with the opener and went for my ’better’ plugs and Ev went for my ’roadies’ versions, both covered our ears when the audience cheers the ends ’n starts (my personal ’live’ downfalls, ’white noise’ w/shoutings), but still...

I’d download it, as it’s intriguing and has a grin or so within; there’s a remix of same available, which I’ll look into...’losing the crowd’ will enhance it, and let me control the bass, which could verge into below 20hz at times....

Nothing like a ’public massage’, not since Smashing Pumpkins for this meat. *L*

Gotta love my girl....;)

@bob540 ....I'd state that Carefully in mixed company you don't know well....

Just saying..... 😏  Steer you from the reefs... ;)

@asvjerry: Yeah, I know, I worked with staff that were about 90% female for 37 years. But I figured if they can kick men then I can kick too. Besides, what can they do to me now that I’m retired? I didn’t say that I dislike women, but rather that I prefer the ones from 1940’s-1950’s . . the ones you could enjoy being around. 😉

Stereophile magazine is purchased by 70,000 people.  I believe that's a good measure of the number of audiophiles.   

fyi- personalized plates on my daily driver -- "LUV HZ"

I got a "two-fer" here. A "tribute" to my first wife, AND a statement of my passion for (just about) anything that makes noise. Must be an audiophile?