Most music lovers are not audiophiles, but the vast majority of audiophiles love music. Lot's of people attending live performances don't really care too much how it sounds...(if they would, they wouldn't be going...). Lot's of people going to bars/disco's don't really care about the sound....(if they would, they wouldn't be going...) yet if no music was played, nobody would go...
However, an audiophile has acquired a certain knowledge, can indicate when sound doesn't sound good, knows how to tune equipment, knows how to tune the room, all in all it is quite complicated to achieve the maximum possible with certain equipment in a certain environment. Being able to make acoustic corrections to the listening environment, being able to define speaker placement and so on. In fact, given the above, there will be many more music lovers than audiophiles around. It's just that there is no actual acknowledgement on when an individual qualifies as an audiophile. Other grades like engineer or doctor are all easier, as such grades are given after successful completion of the related studies. Lot's of self proclaimed "audiophiles" would benefit if they could have an experienced audiophile auditing their equipment and the listening environment. Adjustments could be made, costing next to nothing, but improving the overall sound significantly. What I'm saying is that the classification "audiophile" has nothing to do with the expense of his/her equipment at home, but has everything to do with the acquired knowledge and experience of that individual.
