An Audiophile is Anyone Who Loves Audio Regardless of Monetary Status. Agree?


One group should not be allowed to monopolize the term above another as their own status symbol. you i and anyone else who likes audio can be considered an audiophile regardless of the size of your bank account. 
vinny55
@geoffkait : "A rich man has about as much chance of finding real Audio Nirvana as a camel has of passing through the eye of a needle."

Yes, but the the rest of the verse is: "With man this is impossible, but with Audio-Buddha all things are possible."

On a more serious side, no, I don’t think you can be an audiophile without a good deal of disposable income. You might have been one. You might want to be one. You might be one in your own mind but the truth is that it takes money to do this right. Exceptions? Sure. But very few and debatable.

Necessity is the mother of invention.

An ordinary man has no means of deliverance.
The term audiophile has a somewhat negative connotation to me.  Too many audiophiles don’t know what they are talking about (especially here).  I’m not an audiophile just an enthusiast.