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Someone who spends an insane amount of money on wires, cones, etc.

The best definition I ever heard: "An audiophile is someone who is fascinated by both music and technology, but has no ability with either."

An audiophile is someone with an intense love of recorded music.

Someone who is fanatical enough about music that he or she demands that whatever equipment in his or her procession realistically reproduces it.

A person that is highly commited to music and the way music is reproduced.

I would define it as a person with a passion for hearing the best and worst of reproduced sound.

Audiophile: 1. person who likes to listen to music and is prepared to pay as much (and more) as he/she earns for the gear to play it on. 2. Hi-Fi technology freak

An obsession and passion for high quality audio reproduction. Not to be confused with a music-phile.

I would explain to my friend that audiophiles are obsessive maniacs who can be split into two groups: Audiophile Retentives and Audiophile Expulsives. Audiophile Retentives can only play the first thirty seconds of any recording before they compulsively start tweaking and switching cables or tubes. Audiophile Expulsives will only play complete movements or whole sides of recordings and tend to spend a lot of time in-between talking about the art of listening and the art of music reproduction. Male audiophiles can develop a form of Oedipus complex where they attempt to replace their father's equipment with a system that will lure women with hearing that is sensitive to the audiophile's needs

The world of "audiophilism" is a rather difficult entity to explain, but I'll do my best anyway. An audiophile, first and foremost, exhibits a love of music. Secondly, an audiophile cares about what recorded music sounds like. Over a period of time, an audiophile, usually in stepping-stone increments, refines his/her aural palette such that the standards which are accepted as "good" become increasingly stringent. Lastly, an audiophile is one who is willing to share his/her knowledge with others without being condescending or "standoffish." It is indeed the duty of an audiophile to point out the therapeutic effects of music. In this respect, it sure helps for an audiophile, such as myself, to be a formally trained musician, as well.

a person with great passion for music, and matters a lot to its reproduction.

Audiophile: An individual whose reality is determined by the size and expense of their audio equipment.

An audiophile is a person who attempts to capture the musical excitement (excitement is broadly defined here)of a live performance at home with a high-resolution system and high quality recordings.

As I already said in a past vote, I don't like very much the word "audiophile." I much prefer "music lover." On the other hand, the easiest way to enjoy music is through an audio system at home, thus the word "audiophile." When I talk with non audiophiles, I quickly replace "audiophile" with "music lover." The first word is just to set the discussion, and the latter the best way to continue it. I'm definitely a music lover first.

An audiophile is to music as a mature race car driver (SCCA etc.) is to cars

A pompous individual who obsesses over gear rather than listens to music and who pontificates about how they would never deviate from the "purity" of the original source signal by inserting some particular component or digital encoding scheme. Please refer to last week's "Do you ever listen to music on your computer?" question for some excellent examples.

An audiophile? Are you kidding? That's easy! An audiophile is a person who trains himself to hear more and more about less and less until, at the end, he hears everything about nothing!

Audiophile (awe-dee-oh-file)1. A person who prides him/herself on the quality of reproduction of music with exacting replication. 2. A person who invests large sums of money in the purchase of expensive and cutting edge technology centered on accurate reproduction of pre-recorded or broadcast music. 3. A sucker for audio dealers to delight in removing the sucker's money from his wallet 4. A lover of music, to a degree of incomplete satisfaction

One who cares about the quality and fidelity of reproduced sound, and hence, pursues it's improvement.

Audiophile is a obsessive person who strides for perfection in music reproduction and will attain to get it any cost!

An audiophile is someone who, when they hear someone else's system, moves the listening chair to a "better" spot.

From reading much of your reader mail, an audiophile is someone who measures their musical pleasure in gadget mass and system cost. They also derive pleasure from maximum jargon (real and imagined) utilization.

Anyone with a interest in high quality sound recording and reproduction.

Someone who who knows more about stereo stuff than I do.

Someone who really enjoys listening to music and who finds the listening even more enjoyable with good audio equipment.

A person who thinks that music deserves to be heard either live, or through good equipment

A music/audio fan who is dedicated to appreciating the art to its fullest potential and in the best of all possible forms.

A tool used to shave the harsh highs off of tinny speakers or cheap amplifiers. It is finer than a Audiorasp, which is used to achieve that MP3 sound.

I would define an audiophile as a person who appreciates the recreational value of listening to music. This usually necessitates either a thoroughly accurate playback system or attendance at live performances.

Someone seriously in need of a real life.