Audiophilability is the direct embodiment of one's ability as an audiophile to distinguish the good from the bad, the 50 cent from the Ice Cube, the Sony Xplod from the Audison Theses of the acoustic world. One can increase one's audiophilability simply by talking in such a way that suggests, like many academics, they actually know very little about their subject matter. Indeed, one can purchase more audiophilability by selling just about everything they own to buy the next amp with a special electron coating that allows you to really feel the music...
Dayum! TheyDon'tWantMusic's audiophilability has just shrunken to new lows with that last comment about Digital Designs being good for SQ....
by Matt VIP September 2, 2008
"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