What is an audiophile? Are you an audiophile?

Because of complete ignorance of acoustic and psycho-acoustic they listen to the sound "tasted" of their gear...

They dont even understand what is the "timbre" musical experience....

Complete ignorance transform in an obsession with a relatively very bad system at any price...

How a system at any price can sound very good or at his peak potential WITHOUT acoustic control of the room ?

It is impossible sorry...

Anyway they listen to atrocious commercial music also....Most of the times... 😁😊

I sometimes wonder whether the inverse is true……I was on a thread here where a guy was asking for tracks that would show off his speakers, and appeared ecstatic because he had a system that allowed him to listen to his speakers without the music distracting him

just how rare is this behaviour?

@pesky_wabbit 

I sometimes wonder whether the inverse is true

I think it is true for a lot of audiophiles. 

My current dream system consists of Steinway Lyngdorf Model A's for 2 Channel and the BeoVision Harmony television in the same room. 

Now if they would ever send me my sweepstakes winnings, I could start on making it a reality but unsure if I will qualify for that Audiophile title.

Sometimes, though having gone to bed, I can’t sleep for hours just thinking of the way I was moved by the music I just experienced for the last hour or 2 or 3. Didn’t think of the equipment just the joy.

Ninety-nine percent of the time, good audio gear makes the music you like sound better.  In turn, high fidelity is a wonderful facilitator of making your musical experience more enjoyable. Of making the music you like more deeply felt.