Audiophile

adj, noun

adj, noun ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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."

Adjective
  1. 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."

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From audio- + -phile.

Related phrases

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