To me an audiophile is someone who likes to get the best out of his system. Regardless if that system cost $100 or $10,000. They buy the best recordings they can afford to play on those systems. Like any hobby there are extremist who seem to get the most attention. I hate that all audiophiles get lumped together with them. We probable need to split the term somehow, those that are looking for the music reproduction and those that are looking for the equipment art.