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

@bignamehere and @ahofer:

As I've said before, don't try to carry the analogies too far. Try to get the point rather than picking an analogy apart. And for the record those analogies were meant to be over-the-top for the sake of vinny. 

Yes, if you drive your Porsche on a racetrack then you are likely a sports car aficionado. (I'm a track instructor.) But as you say, no you are not a race car driver. 

But if you just happen to like Porsches and sports cars but don't own one and have never driven one then you are neither an aficionado or a race car driver.

I truly don't understand why people are struggling with this. I guess part of it is that they are getting hung up on this patently stupid definition:

“An audiophile is a person who is enthusiastic about high-fidelity sound reproduction.”

Just put it into application. Someone tells you they have a low paying job, struggle to make ends meet but are very enthusiastic high fidelity sound reproduction but have never had or heard any high end reproduction but are quite sure their new bluetooth Walmart headphones are just as good.

Is this person an audiophile? They meet the definition. Right?

Time for a better definition. Maybe one where "enthusiasm" (how do you measure that?) is the prime criteria.

@vinny55 : " @N80 i have multifaceted interests not just audio. Ive read about and owned lots of equipment and thousands of records cassettes and cds. Audio is a big passion of mine."

How is that relevant to anything being discussed here except for the fact that it pretty much confirms that you are an evil wealthy person like the rest of us?

@n80

...no worries on kids. I'd rather spend my extra cash and time on audio, but thanks for the well wishes!

But if I did make some babies, still might, my wife and I would raise intelligent, compassionate, grateful children with a healthy world view, who would have no problem understanding the roots of evil (greed, sophistry, over-inflated or fragile egos, privilege, elitism, extravagance, indifference, antipathy).   

Again sorry to hurt rich peoples feelings. I am sure some of you are really great, but I know the world can appear more simple and easily conceived of for you. If people cant afford nice things it all their fault. If people take money from the government they are lazy deadbeats. If people get their money from their parents they are fortunate and totally entitled to the best the world has to offer. If they make their money off the labor of others who struggle to make ends meet they are clever, industrious, glorious, capitalists and deserving of every accolade (and tax loophole....)!

Go read some more Ayn Rand and keep trying.

Meanwhile I'll keep enjoying my Audiophilia and continue making movies to entertain the people of America.

An Audiophile is someone actively pursuing means to increase the enjoyment gained from the reproduction of sound in ones own private listening space.

I think that pretty much sums it up and is inclusive of all points of view. 

One can be an audiophile while also being inexperienced, very attached to a controversial or unpopular opinion, or even objectively wrong. I don’t think the corner cases invalidate the definition.