At what price is one considered an Audiophile.

My actual modified active speakers ( 200 bucks of actual value ) are amazing but i optimized them, they were well reviewed but it was not enough for me at all right out of the box...

i disliked them for 12 years and never used them for music...😊😁

But having no other choices after selling my big house i used acoustics basic science to embed and modify them ... They are so good now i dont need a subwoofer even...

Upgrading them will be difficult around 1000 bucks...

And i dont want more anyway so good they became...

Then between 12 bucks and these there is a margin...

Cost matter less than basic knowledge...

While people are idealistically saying cost doesn’t matter, it is hard to be an audiophile with a $12 pair of Amazon Basics computer speakers.

I know of this site, starts with an A where this subject has been debated so many times....

When your mate leaves and you don't even notice.

It's a mindset. I was fiddling with a suitcase record player jacked into a musical instrument amp and PA speaker when I was a teen. I have progressed since then. 

There's a darker view of self-professed audiophiles for whom "source material" is meant to demonstrate the virtues of the system. That, to me, has nothing to do with music. 

I don't view this hobby as an exclusive club. The boundaries are limitless in terms of accumulated knowledge and know how. 

At what price?
That of your soul.

All the best,
Nonoise