I, I’m French and we have a made up word « idiophile » a mix of idiot and audiophile on a huge forum to call people who believe in non science related audiophile bulls*** like changing power supply or cables to have a better sound or buying 300K€ audio streamers etc

Is there a similar word in English ? “Audiofool “ I’m guessing. Is there a sub Reddit dedicated to this particular subject ?

Thanks 😆

  • Nerdy1980s@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’d say the vast majority here are fine with being poked fun at.

    There is is far less show & tell, and vastly more posts asking questions here.

    At the end of the day, the regulars are audiophiles not to be snobs, but just have a passion to to understand what make recorded music sound better.

    In any event, the genre is so big, many here don’t pertain to being a walking dictionary of knowing everything audiophile, and just pipe into a conversation

    My own niche of knowledge is more focused on CD players and the path that sound takes (regardless which type of source), through equipment, to coming out of speakers.

    A fairly small niche in a sea of knowledge, but a very useful niche for answering questions.