audiophile
noun
- Name for a person who pursues high-quality or realistic audio playback
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɔː.di.əʊˌfaɪl/
adj
Etymology: From audio- + -phile.
- 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.
- 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.”