At what price is one considered an Audiophile.

The Cambridge dictionary defines an Audiophile:

a person who is very interested in and enthusiastic about equipment for playing recorded sound, and its quality
 

I kinda like that definition.

Perhaps most music lovers are audiophiles at heart; I believe some audiophiles are in it just for subtle bragging rights much as some people have to see a movie first, have the flashiest car (or girlfriend, etc.), but IMO they’re missing the point.

As Herman Hesse pointed out in Steppenwolf, if you learn the skills, even a crappy portable radio can sound like a symphony in your head.

When they start giving you their 2 cents.

I am flabbergasted by the association of being audiophile, as a possible positive quality, is reduced to the highest gear price tag by most it seems...

Acoustics rule the gear not the reverse...

Being audiophile is not purchasing gear, it is LEARNING how to embed it acoustically because music experience matter , it matter over the specific attributed "sound" of an unplugged amplifier by virtue of his branded name and design and price ...

@2psyop why would you make such an assertion? Is that common in these parts? Is one born into this place? Is this the promised land?  Honestly I really could care less if @bigtwin spent $500k on his system, I wanted to see what you all would answer. These answers tell a lot about this place and who is who and what is what being the new kid here. Guess I will mosey on to the next question, or forum. Hostile here. 

Jacob, it's not really hostile here, it's more boring than hostile, in fact.