audiopile 

A collection of outdated audio components that are not good enough to employ and not bad enough to discard.

Man, your audiopile is to die for!

audiopile by Mark Shackelford May 5, 2007

audiopile 

An assemblage of sound gear, with criterions of function and sufficiency paramount over sophistication.

Origin: possibly mid 1970's concert sound reinforcement.

That looks like enough of an audiopile to do the job.

audiopile by W. Mark Hellinger January 7, 2008

audiophilia nervosa

Audiophilia nervosa describes the anxiety resulting from the never-ending quest to obtain the ultimate performance from one's stereo system by means of employing state-of-the-art components, cables, and the use of certain "tweaks."

Although the goal is supposedly to achieve maximum appreciation of the music, those afflicted with this condition are merely obsesed with their electronics.

Todd had spent well over $100,000 in speakers,monoblock amplifiers, fiber optic cables, Shakti stones, pre-amolifiers, and other equipment and tweaks. And yet he still wasn't convinced that Diana Krall's voice sounded "silky" enough.

Todd was in deep denial concerning his audiophilia nervosa, and his wife was on the verge of calling a divorce lawyer.

audiophilia nervosa by whimzzical June 19, 2010

audiolize 

To imagine a what something sounds like in your head.

After he explained the womans terrible laugh to me I was trying to audiolize what it sounded like.

audiolize by Kyleen September 5, 2008

audiopium

Defining music and audio to that of opium or heroin.

Dude this beat i got is some serious audiopium its got me hooked

audiopium by Hamilton_47 December 16, 2017

tweaking audiophile 

term coined by A. Colin Flood, writing for EnjoyTheMusic.com, to describe hobbyists who fiddle with their home music systems.

" An audiophile is not merely someone that Dictionary.com says has "ardent interest in stereo or high-fidelity sound reproduction." An audiophile is someone who wants to do something about the flaws and deficiencies in their home entertainment system, whether it is about the music or the movies.

A tweaking audiophile is someone who wants to make some or all of those improvements themselves. (This term derives from a caustic description applied to myself. As in the time when an annoyed salesman said, "what are you anyway, some sort of xxxing audiophile?" His expletive evolved in print to "frigging," which lead to "freaking" and then to "tweaking." And, there you have it. Lemonade, from lemons.)"

tweaking audiophile by Acolin July 23, 2010

Audiophiliac 

The name often given to severe audio enthusiasts. Made famous by Robert Bisek for the wide spectrum of audio he could hear.

Dick was considered an audiophiliac. Jane was amazed that he could accurately discern analog from digital audio signals.

Audiophiliac by Roger Lieson January 15, 2009