What's your definition of an audiophile?


Our love of audio is really basic biology with the brains dopamine reward system. The more we get pleasure with something the more we seek it out for the brains dopamineric response. Better sounding music equal more reward. MUSIC is our high! I tried to be a little eccentric from a science perspective. Alan Parsons cynically said "Audiophiles don’t use their equipment to listen to music. Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment”. Let me hear your definition


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Showbiz kids.....

the question is, are you self aware or just hurling rocks ???
Any of the niche or esoteric pursuits have the same characteristics. Think Ansel hauled that large format box around because it was “ gear “ ? Dive in to anything cool, shotguns, working dogs, wine, Weber carbs, optics, fly reels and discover the same world.... the boat is just a tool for killing fish
Some fantastic definitions here.
Best for me:  started off as a music lover.  then...........

Also: Allen Parsons’ quote succinctly sums it up. (See above.)
I’m both at different times an audiophile and music lover.