At what price is one considered an Audiophile.

Of course, it’s almost always only men. What do you think we want to hear while listening to our beloved stereos ? And who do you think it should come from ?

Got it ?

Grado sr-60 headphones.  $99.

It is not how much one spends, but rather, how important is good sound and how much effort one puts into pursuing that sound.  I have a young friend who has not put in nearly as much money as I have, but, in his relatively shorter time as an audiophile, he has put in way more effort.  He finds stuff at junk and estate sales and does repairs/refurbishment.   He hunts down some quite odd items, like rare Japanese speaker drivers, to make various speakers.  Some of his junk finds are almost unbelievable--like a Garrard 301 turntable that was in a stereo cabinet where the whole works was purchased for $50.  He use to work for a local stereo shop from the time he was 17 to just a few months ago when he took a tech job at a test instrument company.  While at that shop he was involved in the installation of a system north of $1.5 million in another country.  THIS is WAY more than I've ever done, and I am pretty dedicated to audio pursuits.

@grh1958 You are all good man. Just had Dylan Mulvany delivering my free Bud Light. 🤣 and she/he asked what an Audiophile was. Though I do know a couple of ladies that enjoy our hobby, I go 4 wheeling with them. 

 @jacobsdad2000 Sorry and I don't mean anthing bad about anbody and at this site I have never noticed (and not saying there isn't) any obvious females talking about audio gear. But I do suspect behind every audiophile that is married or lives with a women will get the LOOK 🙄when spending money on thier Audio System.

@jacobsdad2000 Sorry and I don’t mean anthing bad about anbody and at this site I have never noticed (and not saying there isn’t) any obvious females talking about audio gear. But I do suspect behind every audiophile that is married or lives with a women will get the LOOK 🙄when spending money on thier Audio System.

There are plenty of women who spend a considerable amount of cash (atleast up in the 5k ballpark) and have rigs that sound very good. At that point, they are satisfied and tend to focus more on the music, discovering new artists, growing their music collection, etc, which is the whole point of great sounding gear in the first place. In other words, they seem to be more of the "music first" audiophile...

It’s the "dude" who thinks that a 15k cable will fix all his setup errors and his lousy room, i.e. continues to spend up the dum-deedee tree. Blame the cable for everything in the end!! 😁 It’s the "dude" who generally sits around with a 300k rig that still sounds like sht in spite of all the glitter in his room....living in a state of constant disgruntlement.

"All that glitters ain’t gold!"

- Prince