audiophool

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noun

A person whose interest in high fidelity sound reproduction is taken to absurd extremes or into the realm of pseudoscience.

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Meanings

nounaudiophool (plural audiophools)

plural audiophools

  1. derogatoryinformalA person whose interest in high fidelity sound reproduction is taken to absurd extremes or into the realm of pseudoscience.

    […] audiophool who got carried away and turned into a music reproduction-equipment dealer.

    1984, The Absolute Sound (volume 9, issues 33-34, page 136)
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    […] 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 […]

    1999, Electronics World, volume 105, page 795

Origin

Blend of audiophile + fool.

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Chicago

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