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Because we're constantly bombarded by the other side from salesmen and aUd1oPh1l3z...
I see that Bren has the same lack of respect for the term "audiophile" that I do.
(Having mentioned this in a recent post, I DO apologize for the redundancy.) Actually, It's a lovely word, that, according to
Merriam-Webster Online has a simple, straightforward meaning, to whit: "
a person who is enthusiastic about high-fidelity sound reproduction." Now that's nice. And, by that definition, I AM, indeed, and audiophile. But, unfortunately, the word has been hijacked, and has come to mean someone who is an expert on high-high fidelity sound. Regrettably, the word is all to often applied, usually by the miscreant himself, to someone who is anything but an expert.
I would NEVER classify myself as an audio expert (did I just hear a number of people say "DAT'S DA FACT, JACK!"
). So, I'm forced to eschew any claim to a very nice term which, by definition, actually does apply.
