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Can you be an audiophile if ...

Okay, I'm evaluating my system. Finally, I have my speakers elevated so that their realm of projection and soundstage meshes seamlessly in the family room. You see, I don't have a dedicated listening room. In fact, my system shares space in the family room with the furniture. My question is then, can one be satisfied as an audiophile if you have a piece of furniture that you sit on, placed between your speakers? I have just such an arrangement. It's not like that's where I sit to listen to the music when I'm really sitting down to listen to the music, but it's there nonetheless. And yet, it sounds pretty damned good, I think.
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marakanetz
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If you would've rented a separate room for your rig You'd be the real one...
mt10425
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So you want to be an audiophile eh? Here's a secret. The last real one died in 1947 (no one even knew his name). People on this forum know this but work hard to keep the myth alive. Shhhh. don't tell anybody else.
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philjolet
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There is one rule for your stereo:

that you enjoy it!

There are two ways to look at it, an absolute basis or a you enjoy it and live your life and still want to know more so you chat on Agon basis.
timrhu
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After checking your system page, if your goal is to be an audiophile, I think you've made it.
bryanhod
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If you stereo costs more than your car, I think you are an audiophile. I live in a neighborhood with medium sized homes and my kids love it there. I can move and have a music room, but my kids would be miserable. Now I really love music, and do the best I can with my room that is definately not perfect, but my kids come first. So I may not be an audiophile either. I would just make due and enjoy the music and to hell with the audiophile label. PS -Looks like your system is great to me.
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