Being an audiophile is not about what you own. Its about how you get what you own to sound!I am very proud to be one by my own creativity....My systems look like trash and cost peanuts.... His sound is out of this world by my homemade low cost methods then being an audiophile for me is being creative not being a customer.... You cannot buy the "audiophile" title with an amplifier.... The audiophile task is more important than the piece of electronic, the ultimate question is: How to embed it?
A true audiophile rarely upgrade.... He makes perfect the embedding process and that cost if we are creative peanuts.....
I think most people dont understand that.... :)