At what price is one considered an Audiophile.

$0. You are an audiophile if you love music, sounds, and notice and appreciate all the nuances you can experience in listening.  Steve Gutenberg knew he was an "audiophile" when he'd spend time just listening to the various qualities of hiss between FM stations. 

Money and equipment are the means to let us experience that which we love, but it doesn't make you an audiophile.  

Audiophile. It's largely an ambiguous term.

Do you like music?

Does what you listen to it through sound good enough to you?

If not, are you improving your equipment enough so that you do like it?

Good enough. Except for helpful advice, nobody else's opinion carries much weight.

If you are participating in this forum whether you're reading or contributing you are in.

czarivey, that's the real point. To compare speakers to acoustic instrument. I would only add voice to your list. Voice is the most basic and most important instrument. And we all have it.

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laoman

I helped a friend curate one of the best sounding systems I’ve heard in real life (ie in a home not in a show room or audio show) for $3k.

Okay, I'll bite. What is it?