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audiophile

noun

  1. Name for a person who pursues high-quality or realistic audio playback
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.di.əʊˌfaɪl/

adj

Etymology: From audio- + -phile.

  1. Relating to high fidelity sound reproduction or an interest in it.

    Fortunately, I abandoned the cheap record player and moved into more audiophile equipment once I got into high school.

noun

Etymology: From audio- + -phile.

  1. A person with an interest in high fidelity music and/or sound reproduction and its associated technology.

    However, almost every serious audiophile or electronics hobbyist already knows that bar/graph displays are close to useless for the application they are most commonly used for, which is the attempt to indicate output power levels of audio power amplifiers.