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What is an audiophile? Are you an audiophile?

I had been pondering this question since I have been involved in audio. Not sure what audiophile means. I went to a few fellow audio gurus get together events and although I had fun and liked the company, I felt out of place. In fact of the opinions and passion people here on Audiogon have, I do not have such strong attachments. So what is your take.... are you an audiophile? If you are, how do you know?
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mapman
22,337 posts
 
Some things are really simple.  Like what “audiophile” means.   Look up audio then look up phile.  Voila how did that happen so easily?   Of course everyone can have an opinion about what they think it means. Just like what they think they hear.  But if it’s not that they are just wrong.  So what?   At least they have golden ears. 
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mahgister
13,183 posts
 
We all pick music through the sound and sometimes pick sounds from the music... And the silence in between is sometimes sound, sometimes music....

Who is an audiophile? who is not?


rfnoise
153 posts
 
I’ve been accused of being an audiophile by friends. Granted, they fall into the “happy with my soundbar”camp... I generally get embarrassed and mumble something to the effect that, no,  audiophiles use $4k speaker cables and understand impedance curves. I just have an unhealthy and uneconomic obsession with stereo equipment.

superblackbirddave1
27 posts
 
I prefer the term "hifi enthusiast" myself....
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curiousjim
4,816 posts
 
I guess I’m not.
While I do appreciate listening to high end equipment, I also can be happy listening to my office setup, a Kenwood receiver, Sony CD player and some Yamaha speakers that are aimed right at my ears.

All the best.

JD
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