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

asvjerry,
I think I dislike "bi-phile" even more than "double audiophile". How about "audiophile overachiever"?

glupson,
I’ve never owned a Porsche either. Have owned a Mercedes, BMW (car & bikes), & an old Land Rover which made me realize I had to suffer to enjoy the automobile hobby.

Quick, no cheating on Google (although it will take you a little there, too), what files and to what resolution does a Burmester system in 911GTS play?

Audiophilic Porschephiles, you know it for sure. If you do not, you are neither.

boxer12,

Land Rover (short) used to be my dream car. It never became the reality. I only got as far as to be chauffeured in the back of the white ambulance-converted one (looked like it was from the 1960s-1970s, I guess). For a good reason.

I did ride in the Police 911, too. For no good reason.

sokogear,
Read it again, there is no contradiction as he is saying non audiophiles do not get sucked in....

An Audiophile is a Gearhead who also loves to listen to music. He/She will often spend more than they can comfortably afford in order to get a great sounding system. It's fine as long as they're enjoying the hobby. 

A Music Lover can listen to a Sony Walkman and be perfectly happy.
But they could also get curious about a shop that carries a pair of incredible sounding speakers, and then trying to decide if it's worth it to buy something like that.