Comments on Profile Post by westermac

No requirement to being an audiophile, just got to describe yourself as one and maybe have the funds to back it up.

If you go by the definition most commonly found, I think it applies to all of us. I just think the self -fulfilling industry bastardized the word.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/audiophile

True - it's free to identify as an audiophile; without friends or gear you'll just be a sad one. And yeah the industry is pretty screwed up. I don't know who Mark Levinson is, nor have I heard his gear, but I am inclined to disagree with his ideas about product valuation. If I saw one of his amps at a garage sale I'd totally pick it up though.

The high end side of things for audio gets real interesting especially when it comes to 2 channel. Sky is the limit, literally. I get two reactions to headphones from the 2 channel guys, surprise a headphone can cost so much or they wondering if there is an even more expensive headphone.

I try to separate audiophile, as a positive thing, from audiophool, and all the ridiculous stuff that goes with being one.

Any lover of music and at-least-half-decent sound is an audiophile.