The philosophy of extracting all of the possible sonic and accoustical capabilities out of high fidelity equipment (stereos Home Theaters) into that of a more correct representaion that mimics the original audio recording. This can be done through several methods. The main ingredients for this philosophy are "sepperation and isolation" of audio frequencies, electro magnetic interference, vibration and resonance, and radio frequency interferance. Another ingrediant is that the conductance between electric audio signal transfer must also be kept high with low resistant materials being present within the specific componets circuitry. The most accurate type of amplification of this audio signal must be applied in order to hear music at desired audible levels with the least amount of harmonic distortion.
Through the practice of audiophilism I am able to provide an excellent soundstage and stereo imagery within my accoustically treated listening room.
by Andrew Martin April 24, 2006
"A lover of sound"
However as most people are lovers of music etc, the term audiophile points to people who love high end audio equipment and can distinguish between good speakers and bad ones, which cables to use, and can tell what bitrate an mp3 file is at... etc etc etc.
Audiophiles usually argue to the death as to which setup is best
However as most people are lovers of music etc, the term audiophile points to people who love high end audio equipment and can distinguish between good speakers and bad ones, which cables to use, and can tell what bitrate an mp3 file is at... etc etc etc.
Audiophiles usually argue to the death as to which setup is best
'those monitors sound muddy as all hell'
"what? how can you tell good sir? I hear nothing wrong!"
'cuz i'm an audiophile you filthy monkey!'
"what? how can you tell good sir? I hear nothing wrong!"
'cuz i'm an audiophile you filthy monkey!'
by INCARNATE!!!! April 3, 2003
by n1ko23 January 1, 2022
A person mostly a snobby ass person like who spends crazy amounts of money on Stereo equipment speakers or peripherals. These types of people talk down on your equipment and compare or theirs because more than likely theirs sounds better than yours!
Laurence: hey bro man those speakers are $100,000 expensive
Paul: That stuff isn’t for me it’s for snobby audiophile people who have nothing better to do with their money.
Paul: That stuff isn’t for me it’s for snobby audiophile people who have nothing better to do with their money.
by Pauleyh February 4, 2021
Someone who is obsessive about audio quality. This includes audio formats, audio equipment, and ripping processes/programs (I.E. Exact Audio Copy). Audiophile's usually have "trained" ears and are able to distinguish the difference between high quality and bad quality music encoding/components through blind testing.
Person: "Hey will you load this CD on to my computer for me while I go grab something to eat?"
Audiophile: "Sure. Do you want it compressed or lossless?"
Person: "What?"
Audiophile: "What format do you want? ALAC, AIFF, VBR, CBR, AAC, OGG, WMA, WAV?"
Person: "Uhhh..."
Audiophile: "I'll go ahead and rip the CD to FLAC level 8, and you can convert it with dBpoweramp to whatever you want later."
Person: "....kay."
Audiophile: "Sure. Do you want it compressed or lossless?"
Person: "What?"
Audiophile: "What format do you want? ALAC, AIFF, VBR, CBR, AAC, OGG, WMA, WAV?"
Person: "Uhhh..."
Audiophile: "I'll go ahead and rip the CD to FLAC level 8, and you can convert it with dBpoweramp to whatever you want later."
Person: "....kay."
by IsThatDoodie? February 1, 2009
by Altoxxgale January 27, 2020