tube fanatic Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 http://www.stereophile.com/content/whats-audiophile-part-634#lQbou2BeZFXE9vGp.97 Maynard 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 But is it obsessive behavior that makes me an audiophile? Or does it simply confirm that I've been saddled with a generous helping of neurosis that finds its perfect outlet in audiophilia. The latter. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schu Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 is a stereophile and audiophile? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvu80 Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 Nice article reference Maynard, I enjoyed reading that. I thought the author was cynically honesty with himself mixed with some humor, and had a couple of good stories. You knew right away it was cynical/humorous when the title of the article asking what an Audiophile is, included the sub-title "Part 634." +++ If you have 5,000 posts on the Klipsch Forums, you just might be an audiophile. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 If you have 5,000 posts on the Klipsch Forums, you just might be an audiophile. Mr. Sancho, is this true? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coytee Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 If you have 5,000 posts on the Klipsch Forums, you just might be an audiophile. Mr. Sancho, is this true? Speaking from experience.....no. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 ^^^ I agree... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted July 22, 2015 Share Posted July 22, 2015 (edited) "An audiophile loves good sound and good music," he declared, "and strives to extract great sound from quality recordings in order to experience music to its fullest." Hard to argue with that. By the way you can skip most of the hardware aspect simply by getting ahold of some really righteous weed. However that route can lead to unintended consequences, so overall your are better off going after better hardware; a better medium like lps; and, a better grade of donuts, just in case you decide that righteous weed is a better route than a new $7000 preamp with $20k wires. Edited July 23, 2015 by thebes 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 This should help http://goodmath.scientopia.org/2011/12/30/audiophiles-and-the-need-to-be-special/ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sancho Panza Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Didn't read before I posted; but, thought to myself, I just like good music & sound, & I'm gonna spend much more time listening, than worrying about my gear. Which is only partially true, since I hang out here; but, thanks to this iPhone, I can do both, at the same time.... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjd Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) Many have said it before and I will say it again, what a great forum as I continue to learn new things everyday. And here I always thought that an audiophile was a person who enjoys sex acts involving the ear. Edited July 23, 2015 by Fjd 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjd Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 If you have 5,000 posts on the Klipsch Forums, you just might be an audiophile. During our after busy season party I had met a couple that named their sons Logan, Martin and Krell, then found out they named their daughters Maggie, Linn and Avalon; I suddenly realized that “they just might be audiophiles.” 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimjimbo Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Hard to argue with that. By the way you can skip most of the hardware aspect simply by getting ahold of some really righteous weed. You can say that again....Hard to argue with that.....Thebes, you are a hoot....and I mean that in the most respectful way.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prerich Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Good article, and fyi...I'm also prerich45 too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 My 1977 Websters New Collegiate Dictionary defines an audiophile as "one who is enthusiastic about sound reproduction and esp. music from high-fidelity broadcasts or recordings". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 The current online Oxford English dictionary simply calls an audiophile "a hi-fi enthusiast". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Interestingly, accordingly to Dictionary.com the origin of the word audiophile is: audiophile n. 1951, originally in "High Fidelity" magazine, from audio- + -phile. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxg Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 How to do this without being too long winded? OK I used to be an audiophile. Two things have changed. The first is my hearing which is not what it was (50% hearing loss in my left ear over 10K, less in the right). Second is that I was at a friends house a few years back listening to my own copy of the Rach 3 (Ashkenazy / Previn / LSO, London recording) and as the second movement ended I queried whether he thought the amp was clipping at points. I realized I was no longer listening to the music but listening to the system. My favorite piece of music of all time had become a test piece. That was a shock. The cure was to move away from audiophilia for a while and to deliberately listen to lesser systems. At first it hurt but after a while I could focus on the music and after a longer while my brain filled in the missing parts, or improved the parts that weren't rendered so well. Now I can listen to any system with scant regard to what it is (ok within limits) and hear the music as my brain tells me it should be. I still appreciate a good system that presents the music well, but its no longer such a biggie as it was. I'm listening to music again, not systems. Its quite a relief. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minermark Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 The current online Oxford English dictionary simply calls an audiophile "a hi-fi enthusiast". Last word i had from a neighbor of a neighbor, that the LAST thing im called, if at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Well max any time you want to hear a lesser system stop on by No room treatments, no time alignment, 43 year old tape decks. I've got you covered! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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