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Audiophile
1) One who listens to the stereo rather than the music.
2) A lover of sound.
As most people are music lovers, the term audiophile points to people who love high end audio equipment
and can distinguish between good and bad speakers, which cables to use, what bitrate an mp3 file is... etc etc etc.
Audiophiles usually argue to death as to which setup is best:
- These monitors sound muddy as hell!!!
- What? How can you tell, sir? I hear nothing wrong!
- 'Cuz i'm an audiophile, you filthy monkey!!!
3) One who enjoys sex acts involving the ear.
After they stopped kissing, Jenny felt something touch her ear.
She sighed. Why did she always end up with audiophiles?

4) One who is obsessive about audio quality.
This includes audio formats, audio equipment, ripping processes/programs (EAC).
Audiophiles have "trained" ears and they are able to distinguish differences between good and bad music quality 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 just go ahead and rip it to FLAC level 8. You convert it with dBpoweramp to whatever you want later.
Person: ...kay...

5) One who's priorities to enjoying music go beyond the norm, occasionaly.
Like selling a car to buy a turntable...
6) A person who tells a story so execrable that you feel like your ear has been violated.
Dude, that story sucked balls! Quit being an audiophile!!!
7) One who thinks the next purchase will make a big difference.
That audiophile bought another $$$$ cable!!!

Audiorgy
Getting off, on or aroused by audio equipment.
I saw that massive stack and had an audiorgy!!!

Audiopile
A collection of outdated audio components not good enough to employ and not bad enough to discard.
Man, your audiopile is to die for!

Audiophool
A person spending mass amounts of cash on ridiculous audio components and accessories.
I just bought a set of $5,000 isolated marble cable-elevators to keep my $12,000 oxygen-free silver audio cables from touching the floor and picking up vibrations.
What do you mean I'm an audiophool?


Audiophilism
The philosophy of extracting all possible sonic and acoustical capabilities out of hifi stereos, or home theater equipment into that of a more correct representation that mimics the original audio recording.

Audiophiliosis
A disease of the mind resulting in one believing that the only good audio system is one that costs over $20,000 and that stray magnetic fields in components through the audio path will distort the purity of the audio image righteously placed with loving care by holy Audio Engineers in the studio for your listening pleasure.
My friend paid $175 for the stone on his amplifier that's supposed to clear up magnetic flux and improve sonic purity...
It just looks like a rock and I can't hear any difference when we listen to Megadeth!
That dude has serious audiophiliosis!


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

… he could accurately discern analog from digital audio signals…

Audiophilia Nervosa
The anxiety from never-ending quest to obtain the ultimate performance from a 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 spent over $100,000 in speakers, amplifiers, cables, Shakti stones and other equipment and tweaks.
Yet, he still wasn't convinced that Diana Krall's voice sounded "silky" enough.
He was in deep denial concerning his audiophilia nervosa and his wife was on the verge of calling a divorce lawyer.


Audiotroll
Noun: One who does an activity that exhibits noise as loud as possible in order to piss the people around them off, usually such as listen to music loudly.
Verb: To do an activity that exhibits noise as loud as possible in order to piss the surrounding people off.

My neighbor is such an audiotroll…
He blasts Green Day in the middle of the night even though he hates them...


Audiophilability
The audiophile's ability 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.
Audiophilability can be increased by talking in such a way that suggests, like many academics, they actually know very little about their subject matter.
One can purchase more audiophilability by selling just about everything he owns to buy the next amp with a special electron coating that allows to really feel the music...


Audiolize
To imagine what something sounds like in your head.
He explained the womans terrible laugh to me and I tried to audiolize what it sounded like.

Audioholic
A person fixated on good home theater sound in a practical sense, without regard to snake oil products or marketing gimmicks infused with pseudo-science.
Audioholics are aware of, and value, measurements when evaluating gear, though ultimately purchasing decisions are made with the ears.
They differ from audiophiles in that they enjoy multi-channel surround sound and are less susceptible to ultra expensive components that "command" respect solely based on price and prestige (or a psychological desire to justify your lavish audio expenditures).

He would never buy speakers cables at $5000/pair!!! He's a dedicated audioholic who knows better!!!