Should people with no turntable or reel to reel be considered audiophiles?

limomangus65 posts06-13-2020 1:07pm

Good Question, but if I was deaf could I be an audiophile?

  

I think more so if a person lost their hearing, or is losing it..

My cousins are deaf as can be, it can be, the beat... They loved polka music. Audiophilers, NO, lovers of dancing, yes.

My best friend is losing his hearing still a good composer and a heck of a string instrument player... Good board level repair person too.

Scope can still tell you a lot, deaf or not...

I have good hearing.. Thank God!! Whether I listen or not, that is a different question..

Regards

no................. absolutely not.............. 

Whoa, hold on here. Porschephiles  911's and Caymans. We tolerate the other stuff only because it gives Porsche the money to survive and make our cars. I wouldn't be caught dead driving a Panamera or one of the SUVs. Those are for people who buy Rolex watches.

Back in the day when I owned a 356A Coupe, there were those that wouldn't recognize 911 owners as true Porschephiles. And for the record, Steve McQueen wore a Rolex.

J.Chip

Yes. One is not defined by the things they possess.  I presently own neither, yet I have owned many of each in the past.  It is akin to saying you cannot be a sports car fan if you don’t own a triumph, Austin Healey or old Jag.

Technology has changed, like me, but ownership does not define passion.

Should people with no turntable or reel to reel be considered audiophiles?

Yes!

Digital lives matter! 

As well as radio and cassette......