Dictionary Definition :
Meaning of audiophile in English
a person who is very interested in and enthusiastic about equipment for playing recorded sound, and its quality:
Dictionary Definition :
Meaning of audiophile in English
a person who is very interested in and enthusiastic about equipment for playing recorded sound, and its quality:
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Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.
You can be interested in music and good quality equipment and not be an audiophile. My dad was an example.
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
Well I was going to edit Post #16......but now I am Confused of Surrey
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So Geoff did your Dad not fall into any of the descriptors in this wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiophile?Or in other words words did he just like music and was not bothered how it sounded or was reproduced? Did he just like audio equipment that was well built/designed or was aesthetically pleasing and not really bothered about how it sounded?
Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.
Isnt audiophile just a posh way of saying hobbyist, a music lover perhaps but not necessarily.
Best mate is musician and music nut, plays huge scratched vinyl collection on a 50 year old pioneer pl12 thru quad 33 303 and awful celestion monitors, sounds cack, he doesn’t give a toss. Most musicians I’ve met are happy with very prosaic sounding kit.
I think there a very male element of ocd involved in the best systems, audio trainspotters! Stamp collectors?
He was a world class electronics engineer, but he said Hi-Fi was nonsense and stereo was a gimmick. At the time of his death in 1964, he had been using a good Garrard autochanger deck, home built valve amp and 12" Rola full range speaker in suitable box! Needless to say it was a mono system
It is impossible for anything digital to sound analogue, because it isn't analogue!
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I'm David.
"I am definitely not an Audiophile". So what are you Puffin, and what you doing on this forum if you are not an hifi enthusiast?
It is perfectly ok to be 'as cheap as chips' audiophile
Buy Bose...And get your parking validated!.
https://youtu.be/ZCBe7-6rw4M
No Highs...No Lows....It Must Be Bose!
Listening is the act of aural discrimination and dissemination of sound, and accepting you get it wrong sometimes.
Analog Inputs: Pro-Ject Signature 10 TT & arm, Benz Micro LP-S, Michel Cusis MC, Goldring 2500 and Ortofon Rondo Blue cartridges, Hitachi FT5500 mk2 Tuner
Digital:- Marantz SA-KI Pearl CD player, RaspberryPi/HifiBerry Digi+ Pro, Buffalo NAS Drive
Amplification:- AudioValve Sunilda phono stage, Krell KSP-7B pre-amp, Krell KSA-80 power amp
Output: Wilson Benesch Vector speakers, KLH Ultimate One Headphones
Cables: Tellurium Q Ultra Black II RCA & Chord Epic 2 RCA, various speaker leads, & links
I think I am nearing audio nirvana, but don’t tell anyone.