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

Read the other Audiophiles comments they are bang on.  4k was just an example for what can get and dont have to pay 10 20 30 40 50gs to get great refined sound

Yes but if you spend this additional money intelligently you will most likely get much greater and more refined sound. 

Agree. I certainly admire the folks who build and second-hand good sound together the most - the ’value’’ audiophiles. Or the people who find a particular quality in their system they really like and just groove.

For some reason I was reminded of this clip from Boogie Nights:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6DRZlytJpQ

vinny55,

For most of the people out there, almost $4000 is a lots of money to spend on music reproduction. n80 is correct on all accounts. You need to spend a lots of money to have an "audiophile" system. Your $4000 (or a bit less) is actually bordering on outrageous.

I honestly think that being an Audiophile is enjoying the magic of reproduced sounds in ones own private listening space.

I am not even certain music needs to be a part of the equation. 

I have a feeling there are people people out there that like listening to spoken word, great orations, poetry, even just recordings of nature or jet planes taking off. I don’t think music needs to be a part of it.