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"audiophile" as a word

I agree with AudioDwebe - I turned in my membership card some time ago.

One problem is the word itself has acquired so much baggage beyond its dictionary definition that I find it rather useless these days. Often it is simply a marker for a type of obsessive-compulsive behavior when it comes to equipment.

I love music and my current system, though not particularly fancy by standards of this forum, brings me great pleasure. I do not find much attractive in the process of making endless changes that require burn-in or long term listening to pick up minute subtleties or that make one recording out of thousands sound a bit better.

More power to those who love that process - they can have the word "audiophile" all to themselves.


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