audiophool

English

Etymology

Blend of audiophile +‎ fool

Noun

audiophool (plural audiophools)

  1. (informal, derogatory) A person whose interest in high fidelity sound reproduction is taken to absurd extremes or into the realm of pseudoscience.
    • 1984, The Absolute Sound (volume 9, issues 33-34, page 136)
      […] audiophool who got carried away and turned into a music reproduction-equipment dealer.
    • 1999, Electronics World (volume 105, page 795)
      […] with an audiophool seal of approval. Its price is a drop in a bucket compared with the price of the other toys so vendors are laughing all the way to the bank. The effects of mains-related quackery may be positively dangerous too […]
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