You might be an audiophile if...

You're an audiophile if your local high end store's salesment won't give you a demo of a high cost component you know you can't afford, and you get offended!

...if one or more of the following LP/CD's are among your collection:

Jazz at the Pawnshop
Anything by Diana Krall
Anything by Jacintha
Dark Side of the Moon*
Brothers in Arms*
Any Stereophile Test CD
Anything by Patricia Barber
Muddy Waters Folk Singer

*approved "Audiophile" version required (more than one copy of
either qualifies)

....if you own and listen to LPs/CDs which you don't even enjoy the music on
but they make your system sound really amazing

....if any of the following are on your speed dial

Your local high end shop
Your local music store
Rives

...if you've started a mutual fund for your kid's first system

...if your the cost of your analog rig could pay for a year at an Ivy League
school

...if your idea of a fun weekend is perusing garage sales and flea markets for
vinyl

...if you routinely find yourself with a half-dozen or more unopened CDs/LPs
among your collection, simply for lack of 'listening time'

...your local high-end shop has put up a plaque dedicating their new analog
listening room in your name

YMBAAI:

1) your on-going discussion about the glass table in the listening room with the wife eventually leads to an accidental hammer falling out of you pocket (onto it) as you were walking through the room to go fix something else..

2) You cancel the Stereophile cause you're ears are better than the reviewers ("what were they thinking when they said that!").

3) You're 4yr old son can point out that that's Louis singing and playing the trumpet, and Duke is on the piano (at the right times during the song of course).

4) Your spouse gave up on you long ago....

When someone asks you what kind of stereo you have it takes twenty minutes to answer

You called Rives Audio to assist on the selection of your last home purchase (you'd be surprised how many times we've done this now).

You're designing a new home and you spend more time with Rives Audio than you do with your architect on the remainder of the home.

You converted a barn in your backyard into the ultimate audiophile getaway.

You are a successful practicing doctor(s) and decide to abandon that to sell high end audio equipment and have Rives Audio design the showrooms (two brothers come to mind here).

You ever considered buying a building in Manhatten to build the ultimate audio room because you wanted it convenient and closer to your office. (true story)

The last words you heard before you made an audio purchase were: "Hang on, I've got to introduce you to someone. I'll conference them in, hang on." (Jonathon Tinn clients know what I'm talking about here)

You watched a Vin Diesel movie and suddenly had the urge to buy audio equipment. (JTinn clients will understand this too)

You have more invested in records and cds than your retirement accounts.

You ever wondered if you should paint your interior walls with textured paint for added diffusion.