Sort of. Generally, An Audiophile shifts the music and creativity involved in producing musical works into the background and as secondary importance to acquiring gadgets, equipment and the latest technology upgrades. There is nothing wrong with that approach. I remember seeing an interview with a symphonic orchestra conductor in his home. The interviewer commented on his vast library and shelves of Vinyl, tapes and CD in his home. His sound system was very modest at best. He was always talking about the music, the composers and the creative process. His music library made up probably 95% of the total outlay of his listening experience. Each to their own.
it is in the word: audiophile, should not be hard to understand. love audio and we all have that in common. even with no money or gear you still an audiophile, pretty sure i was one at 12 years old listing to my parents old jamo's. but one way of telling how much people care is when they have money, do they spend on the things they like, do audio have a budget that reflects that?
@@sudd3660i like that - indeed that reflects me when i think about it. I indulge in this hobby when i can pull the funds together because i enjoy (listening to) music
@@PetraKann I don't think there's much point in trying to narrow it down to a certain type since there are all kinds. All that's necessary is to point out that an audiophile tends to want the music to sound good in addition to loving the music. I don't think the compulsive upgraders define the group, even though they probably are seen more when visiting audio tech youtube channels etc.
Recently retired, and after 50 years of attending to career/family/etc., I invested in a great stereo. The pure joy of just sitting for a few hours and listening is heaven sent! So happy I still have my extensive album & CD collection along with Apple TV/music. Such a joy to rediscover amazing music.
If you love music and want to hear it at its best - you're an audiophile. It doesn't matter if you're listening on a £300 or a £300,000 system. It's the knowledge that no system is perfect - the pursuit of 'your' perfection is where the fun lies.
I’ve been willing to trade time building my system for cost in the sense that I only spend maybe a grand and a half a year, and I constantly lurk around used marketplaces looking for what I need. It’s taken me six years to complete my setup but I’ve done it for a little over six thousand dollars and it sounds wonderful to me.
Being an audiophile is about having high performance audio equipment - not high priced audio equipment. Some snobs still don't think that a second hand Sansui receiver from the late 1970s bought second hand for $100 being tweaked to make it sound like its a $3,000 YBA integrated amp is audiophile at all. 😕
Some people have forgotten that being an audiophile is about enjoying sound and confuse it for collecting equipment. Buy what you can afford and enjoy the heck out of it. That’s all that you need to do.
Sir Paul, You are a very busy person as you have a very busy professional life. Despite such a busy schedule, you keep presenting videos on important topics to peoples is really admirable. Big Thanks to Paul Sir...🙏
I’ve been chasing the dragon for decades and all I can say is that this time in the evolution of audio equipment you can have a kick ass system for less than two grand that would’ve cost you five times that much 20 years ago for the same quality of sound
I have a room upstairs built for the purpose as a theater/music entertainment room and I barely go up there. I listen to music in my home office working or in my living room while I am doing chores, cooking in my kitchen or sitting in my favorite chair. I actually have the room upstairs to properly space speakers away from walls, the walls are tapered at the top avoiding 90 degree angles, treatments, so forth, so forth.
Sure you can get a amplifier for the price of car, but I started out all second hand. Nad C540 cd player. Marantz PM80mk2 and some Kef IQ7. Bought a rug at the thrift store and for 500 bucks I could sit down and really enjoy! Over the years I have upgraded step by step and now I have Klipsch RF5's a tube pre and some nice Class D monoblocks. Happy camper. If you are always busy you can get a very decent mobile phone dac and some great headphones for the same budget.
Well I don't have what would be considered audiophile grade equipment by today's standards but I can clearly hear that vacuuming happening in the distance in this video and the air conditioning in some of your early audio guide files though my speakers in my small listening room so I guess it will have to suffice. 😂😂 Bye the way, I am always impressed with the quality of your videos sir, considering how they are made. Long may you continue to do so.
I was not aware there had to be a dedicated room and expensive equipment to be an audiophile? Do not sweat it and enjoy your music and equipment. The joy is in journey not the price of the toys.
he can't afford to be a true audiophile, because he doesn't have a state of the art equipment? taking the word audiophile apart it contains "phile". philos in greek means love/friendship. therefore audiophile means love towards audio. nothing else. the passion is not connected to money. the cliché says audiophiles are snobby and rich. for that reason many people declare themselves not being audiophiles because it's almost becoming something negative. if you love audio - you care. even if you just care how you position your speakers. even with a cheap gear, you can still love audio and care. but of course with a better equipment (not necessarly expensive) you can get a better reproduction of the original sound.
Hey Paul ….You Wouldn’t Know This But You are Inadvertently Putting Me Too Sleep Like a True Audiophile….If This Gig At P.S. Audio Doesn’t Work Out You Can Do Some ASMR……
Anyone that listens "in" to the music, is an audiophile. No matter the quality or the price of their equipment, they are audiophiles. Folks that just enjoy the melody, or the lyrics, without attention to the make-up of the music... I would label them more as music lovers and not so much as audiophiles. All audiophiles are music lovers. But not all music lovers are audiophiles. But if they consider themselves to be an audiophile, then they are an audiophile. There is no test or standard to be an audiophile. Audiophiles do, however, overall, tend to be interested in equipment and details about what is happening within the songs.
Maybe we need two 'areas' of audiophile, the actual person and his equipment. As in a dedicated audiophile, that unfortunately only has sub audiophile gear - as in insufficient funds etc. Or the man who had great audiophile gear, but only because he has too much money, and otherwise does not really value it, so not an audiophile.
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As far as affordable "audiophile" speakers go, a good approach is building Jean Hiraga's "Le Petite"; pair them with a cheap Chinese tube amp and enjoy the music. You won't get house shaking volume levels though
Hi Paul , I have a great album for you to listen to on your stereo it's by Jesse Cook gravity. If you never heard of this album before you're going to love it.
I think the answer could be about the aspect of diminishing returns or 80-20 rule. What can you get for a reasonable amount of money that's pretty darn good? It may not be Paul's stuff, even the FR-5 could be too much for the guy's budget at about $3,500/pair. He has answered other questions about how speakers are the most important so what do you recommend for say $1,500/pair? And while big expensive amps give you headroom, chances are if the guy's listening to music while he works, it's a lower volume (maybe 70-75 dB?) so a big amp ain't needed for what he's doing, etc. Forget the high end cables, earthquake proof turntable, etc.
We Can Only Imagine What Paul Would Be Like if He Had a Half Calf Low Fat Whole Foam 90° Degree 4 Shots of Espresso Soy Macchiato with Caramel and Whip Cream He Would First Soil His Only Pair of Pants 👖 Then Moon Walk Do a Back Flip and a Full Arabesque as He Pirouettes on One Toe Into a Full Cartwheel Into The Listening Room I Just Want Half of What Paul Took….Just Half ! …..Folks Don’t Get Me Wrong I Love Paul’s Over Anxious Demeanor Any More Energy From Paul He Would Have a New Trade of Endeavor On ASMR…..
Being a true audiophile on low budget is possible either by buying used gear or using best performing earbuds or headphones. I have a pair of HifiMan Sundara planar headphones that deliver excellent audio for the price. They can even beat my many times more expensive Stax electrostatic headphones for certain tracks.
Tbh, i hate the term Audiophile. It just screams arrogance. Im a music fan first. And want to hear it sound as good as i can afford. My system sounds brilliant to me. But im sure those Audiophiles will tear it to bits, as it ain't worthy. Screw them
As much of an enthusiast of all things two channel and home theater, I would never call myself an audiophile since I run the risk of being criticized by a know-it-all audiophile (who may or may not be as knowledgeable as I am). I prefer to call myself an “audio video enthusiast” since it doesn’t lay claim I know everything and if I spoke to an audiophile from that perspective I can case them out better to see if they’re an a-hole or someone who truly wouldn’t mind educating me with their knowledge.
Wayne in Hershey Pennsylvania Who Has Been Kidnapped By a Rogue Band Of Quakers For 17 Years Wants To Know ….Paul if I Sell Just One More Shaker Cabinet and Get My Mind Right Will I Have Enough Money 💴 To Buy a PS Audio DAC System? Sincerely HELP ME ! PLEASE GOD HELP ME !
How Do You Know You Are a Out Of Control Audiophile ? ….When You Buy A Pair of Gold Plated Speaker Cables for $10 Grand Each ! How Do You Know Your a Degenerate Audiophile ! ….When You Take Your Sons College Money 💰 and Buy Two Mark Levinson Mono Blocks at $60,000. Grand Each !
How Do You Know Your a Crack Addict Audiophile? When You Have No Teeth in Your Mouth and Only One Hair on Your Head and Are Still Listening To Music on A Montgomery Wards All In One Turntable 8-Track AM/FM Stereo Your Dad Bought You When You Were 13 in 1971 and Are Still Playing All Your Records You Bought For Just One Penny From The Columbia House Record Club….! How Do You Know Your a Audiophile ….When You Live At Home With Your Mom With No Girlfriend and Your 55 Years Old Eating Top Roman Noodles 🍜
Being an audiophile is a state of mind not a bank balance. I was an audiophile when I was in high school, broke, and with only a boom box to my name.
Sort of. Generally, An Audiophile shifts the music and creativity involved in producing musical works into the background and as secondary importance to acquiring gadgets, equipment and the latest technology upgrades.
There is nothing wrong with that approach.
I remember seeing an interview with a symphonic orchestra conductor in his home.
The interviewer commented on his vast library and shelves of Vinyl, tapes and CD in his home.
His sound system was very modest at best.
He was always talking about the music, the composers and the creative process.
His music library made up probably 95% of the total outlay of his listening experience.
Each to their own.
it is in the word: audiophile, should not be hard to understand. love audio and we all have that in common.
even with no money or gear you still an audiophile, pretty sure i was one at 12 years old listing to my parents old jamo's.
but one way of telling how much people care is when they have money, do they spend on the things they like, do audio have a budget that reflects that?
@@sudd3660 as opposed to people who love music first?
@@sudd3660i like that - indeed that reflects me when i think about it. I indulge in this hobby when i can pull the funds together because i enjoy (listening to) music
@@PetraKann I don't think there's much point in trying to narrow it down to a certain type since there are all kinds. All that's necessary is to point out that an audiophile tends to want the music to sound good in addition to loving the music. I don't think the compulsive upgraders define the group, even though they probably are seen more when visiting audio tech youtube channels etc.
Recently retired, and after 50 years of attending to career/family/etc., I invested in a great stereo. The pure joy of just sitting for a few hours and listening is heaven sent! So happy I still have my extensive album & CD collection along with Apple TV/music. Such a joy to rediscover amazing music.
Music is a joy that makes my life worth living.
If you love music and want to hear it at its best - you're an audiophile. It doesn't matter if you're listening on a £300 or a £300,000 system. It's the knowledge that no system is perfect - the pursuit of 'your' perfection is where the fun lies.
It’s not the gear ⚙️…it’s the mindset and attitude 👍
It's also the hearing ability of the listener
It's not the mindset only ... its the hearing ability of the listener
I’ve been willing to trade time building my system for cost in the sense that I only spend maybe a grand and a half a year, and I constantly lurk around used marketplaces looking for what I need. It’s taken me six years to complete my setup but I’ve done it for a little over six thousand dollars and it sounds wonderful to me.
Same here
Being an audiophile is about having high performance audio equipment - not high priced audio equipment. Some snobs still don't think that a second hand Sansui receiver from the late 1970s bought second hand for $100 being tweaked to make it sound like its a $3,000 YBA integrated amp is audiophile at all. 😕
Yes I’m driving my magna pans with a 20-year-old rotelle amplifier and it’s bliss
Some people have forgotten that being an audiophile is about enjoying sound and confuse it for collecting equipment. Buy what you can afford and enjoy the heck out of it. That’s all that you need to do.
Sir Paul, You are a very busy person as you have a very busy professional life.
Despite such a busy schedule, you keep presenting videos on important topics to peoples is really admirable.
Big Thanks to Paul Sir...🙏
Paul did not give his answer to the question about affordability
No, he didn’t but I’m sure he could recommend a complete set up That is very affordable. That will get you 90% of the way there.
PER-kah-see. Drove through it earlier this evening on my way to the ASIA concert in Bethlehem.
The love of music and the pursuit of quality sound reproduction is all that is required.
I’ve been chasing the dragon for decades and all I can say is that this time in the evolution of audio equipment you can have a kick ass system for less than two grand that would’ve cost you five times that much 20 years ago for the same quality of sound
I have a room upstairs built for the purpose as a theater/music entertainment room and I barely go up there. I listen to music in my home office working or in my living room while I am doing chores, cooking in my kitchen or sitting in my favorite chair. I actually have the room upstairs to properly space speakers away from walls, the walls are tapered at the top avoiding 90 degree angles, treatments, so forth, so forth.
Gob bless you Paul.
Sure you can get a amplifier for the price of car, but I started out all second hand. Nad C540 cd player. Marantz PM80mk2 and some Kef IQ7. Bought a rug at the thrift store and for 500 bucks I could sit down and really enjoy! Over the years I have upgraded step by step and now I have Klipsch RF5's a tube pre and some nice Class D monoblocks. Happy camper. If you are always busy you can get a very decent mobile phone dac and some great headphones for the same budget.
I wish I could listen to music half as much as I would like to. And I’m retired.
Well I don't have what would be considered audiophile grade equipment by today's standards but I can clearly hear that vacuuming happening in the distance in this video and the air conditioning in some of your early audio guide files though my speakers in my small listening room so I guess it will have to suffice. 😂😂
Bye the way, I am always impressed with the quality of your videos sir, considering how they are made. Long may you continue to do so.
I was not aware there had to be a dedicated room and expensive equipment to be an audiophile? Do not sweat it and enjoy your music and equipment. The joy is in journey not the price of the toys.
Can't afford not to be an audiophile
he can't afford to be a true audiophile, because he doesn't have a state of the art equipment?
taking the word audiophile apart it contains "phile". philos in greek means love/friendship. therefore audiophile means love towards audio. nothing else.
the passion is not connected to money. the cliché says audiophiles are snobby and rich. for that reason many people declare themselves not being audiophiles because it's almost becoming something negative.
if you love audio - you care. even if you just care how you position your speakers.
even with a cheap gear, you can still love audio and care.
but of course with a better equipment (not necessarly expensive) you can get a better reproduction of the original sound.
You don't have to be rich to be an Audiophile. It's just a cliche'
Paul is In
The Time Out Room
at PS Audio
He’s Been Acting Up Lately And It’s Time
Out Time for Paul….!😮
Hey Paul
….You Wouldn’t Know This
But You are Inadvertently
Putting Me Too
Sleep Like a True Audiophile….If This Gig
At P.S. Audio Doesn’t Work Out
You Can Do Some
ASMR……
Anyone that listens "in" to the music, is an audiophile.
No matter the quality or the price of their equipment, they are audiophiles.
Folks that just enjoy the melody, or the lyrics, without attention to the make-up of the music... I would label them more as music lovers and not so much as audiophiles.
All audiophiles are music lovers. But not all music lovers are audiophiles.
But if they consider themselves to be an audiophile, then they are an audiophile. There is no test or standard to be an audiophile. Audiophiles do, however, overall, tend to be interested in equipment and details about what is happening within the songs.
You dont need to own a single piece of audio gear to be an audiophile.
Concerts? All in your mind?
@@gprojectnoob4779 The truth is yes, but if you ask me, I'm not that "extreme".😆
Maybe we need two 'areas' of audiophile, the actual person and his equipment. As in a dedicated audiophile, that unfortunately only has sub audiophile gear - as in insufficient funds etc.
Or the man who had great audiophile gear, but only because he has too much money, and otherwise does not really value it, so not an audiophile.
As far as affordable "audiophile" speakers go, a good approach is building Jean Hiraga's "Le Petite"; pair them with a cheap Chinese tube amp and enjoy the music. You won't get house shaking volume levels though
Hi Paul , I have a great album for you to listen to on your stereo it's by Jesse Cook gravity. If you never heard of this album before you're going to love it.
Any ideas on the purpose of the suction cup on the turntable?
I think the answer could be about the aspect of diminishing returns or 80-20 rule. What can you get for a reasonable amount of money that's pretty darn good? It may not be Paul's stuff, even the FR-5 could be too much for the guy's budget at about $3,500/pair. He has answered other questions about how speakers are the most important so what do you recommend for say $1,500/pair? And while big expensive amps give you headroom, chances are if the guy's listening to music while he works, it's a lower volume (maybe 70-75 dB?) so a big amp ain't needed for what he's doing, etc. Forget the high end cables, earthquake proof turntable, etc.
People who say its not the gear dont own it 😅
We Can Only Imagine What Paul Would Be Like if He Had a Half Calf Low Fat Whole Foam 90° Degree
4 Shots of Espresso Soy Macchiato with
Caramel and Whip Cream
He Would First Soil His Only Pair of Pants 👖
Then Moon Walk
Do a Back Flip and a
Full Arabesque as He
Pirouettes on One Toe Into a Full Cartwheel
Into The Listening Room
I Just Want Half of What
Paul Took….Just Half !
…..Folks Don’t Get Me Wrong
I Love Paul’s Over Anxious Demeanor
Any More Energy From
Paul He Would Have a
New Trade of Endeavor
On ASMR…..
Being a true audiophile on low budget is possible either by buying used gear or using best performing earbuds or headphones. I have a pair of HifiMan Sundara planar headphones that deliver excellent audio for the price. They can even beat my many times more expensive Stax electrostatic headphones for certain tracks.
Tbh, i hate the term Audiophile. It just screams arrogance. Im a music fan first. And want to hear it sound as good as i can afford. My system sounds brilliant to me. But im sure those Audiophiles will tear it to bits, as it ain't worthy. Screw them
audio is music, so you are an audiophile. and angry one in denial but non the less.
there's a thin line between audiophilia and audiomania.
As much of an enthusiast of all things two channel and home theater, I would never call myself an audiophile since I run the risk of being criticized by a know-it-all audiophile (who may or may not be as knowledgeable as I am).
I prefer to call myself an “audio video enthusiast” since it doesn’t lay claim I know everything and if I spoke to an audiophile from that perspective I can case them out better to see if they’re an a-hole or someone who truly wouldn’t mind educating me with their knowledge.
Many spend massive amounts of money just to be able to brag about how much the spent.
you are the same so why point towards yourself?
@@sudd3660 You are foolish to believe that. Sad.
With Wave Cut Editor & Mp3tag
Anyone can be an audiophile 😊
These are Only a Few Examples of a
Audiophile
Sorry Guys I Got
Carried Away…..
Wayne in Hershey
Pennsylvania Who Has Been
Kidnapped By a Rogue Band Of Quakers For
17 Years Wants To Know
….Paul if I Sell Just One More Shaker Cabinet and Get My Mind Right
Will I Have Enough Money 💴 To Buy a PS Audio
DAC System?
Sincerely
HELP ME !
PLEASE GOD HELP ME !
Paul you missed about speaking on the affordability of being an "Audiophile" which I think is a HUGE topic for most of us.
buy what you can afford and that is what you got, how can this be a huge topic? we are all limited by that.
@@sudd3660 seriously? Cost/affordability is not an issue/topic in audiophilia?......
How Do You Know You Are a Out Of Control Audiophile ?
….When You Buy
A Pair of Gold Plated
Speaker Cables for
$10 Grand Each !
How Do You Know Your a
Degenerate Audiophile !
….When You Take Your Sons College Money 💰 and Buy
Two Mark Levinson
Mono Blocks at
$60,000. Grand Each !
How Do You Know
Your a Crack Addict Audiophile?
When You Have No
Teeth in Your Mouth and Only One Hair on Your Head and Are Still Listening To Music on
A Montgomery Wards
All In One Turntable
8-Track AM/FM Stereo Your Dad Bought You When You Were 13 in
1971 and Are Still Playing All Your Records You Bought For Just One Penny From
The Columbia House Record Club….!
How Do You Know Your a
Audiophile
….When You Live At Home With Your Mom With No Girlfriend and Your 55 Years Old Eating Top Roman Noodles 🍜
What’s an Audiophile. 😄⁉️
OH Yeah, now I remember.😄☝️
Has something to do with Rabbit Holes, or was it Rat Traps. 🤫🫣