You know you're an audiophile if--

...you can't figure out which amp to buy for your power cord

...your cables have arrows on them

...you think that tube gear is the latest technology

...you can't listen to live music without thinking that the soundstage isn't focused

...you put CD's in the freezer

...you think that the Clever Little Clock is ridiculous but have no trouble swallowing that vibrations are drained away by $600 brass cones

...you unplug the refrigerator for your listening sessions

...your speakers sound unexplainably worse when Stereophile takes them off the Recommended Components List

...you use the words 'ambience' and 'chestiness' a little too much for your co-workers comfort

...you can't change a light bulb but you're damn sure you can redesign that power supply with your battery-powered "cold" soldering gun

...you have more cables than CD's or LP's

...you spend all day at an audio dealer auditioning gear and then go and buy it online

Your bathroom has bookshelves within arms reach of the throne littered with TAS, Stereophile, Crutchfield, AA, and the other audio mags...........

You used to hate it when late night came and the family went to bed, because then you'd have to turn it down enough that they could sleep while you were listening in the living room.

You said your whole life, "I can't build..." but found courage and the motivation to educate yourself to build a dedicated listening room.

Your children see you so little, that as you emerge from the listening room they say, "Hello sir."

Your wife tells people, "At least he's not on the streets..."

You stay up late at night, nodding off while listening, then snapping back to attention and thinking, "One more song..."

You laugh openly at other audiophiles when they say in relation to purchasing equipment, "I'm done now..."

You've stopped going to audiophile shops in your area because you've heard everything at the shows, and you always want what's at the shows.

You have traveled no less than two states to secure a component.

You have been overseas and chosen to visit audio shops instead of sight seeing.

You have owned more than a dozen of every link in the system (i.e. source, amplification, cable sets, speakers, etc.).

You have worked for decades budgeting, scrimping to save and upgrade to achieve a "respectable" audiophile system. The single-mindedness of your quest has never been broken; you have always loved the experience of listening to great music on stereos.

You spend inordinate amounts of time not watching TV, not viewing movies, but simply listening to two channel music!

You have contemplated putting together a musical montage for your funeral.

Even though you need to get your roof repaired you spend the money on new speakers because you got a deal you can't say no to.

You read and fight on Audiogon threads more than you listen to music.