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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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I much prefer the term "Music Lover." The equipment is only the vehicle we "Music Lovers" use to get us closer to the music, or the music closer to us.


well said o-papa!
jssmith
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I call myself an audio enthusiast because the term audiophile is too often associated with someone who believes in snake oil and myths.
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Snake oil and myths and audio snobbery = bad audio people
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If that means, do I enjoy listening to music regularly? Then yes. 
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I don't ever use the word "audiophile" to label myself because I just like good music and good sound -whatever form it comes in. From my experience, many audiophiles are pretty pretentious so I tend to avoid such groups, don't tell people I like hifi and audio and definitely could care less about debating topics on what equipment is good. I;d rather ask someone what they like in something and why -hearing THEIR story is much more interesting to me than arguing why MY stuff is better than theirs and how that makes me a better audiophile.

As someone that works in a studio for a living, I am around equipment that dwarfs the cost of any audiophile equipment setup so I don't bother with the pissing contest in audiophile circles because it loses the point of it all: to simply enjoy the music.

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