What constitutes an AUDIOPHILE recording


Lately when i browse thru vinyl at the music store or on the net I'm seeing the term Audiophile recording. Lately there has been a plethra of recordings that are 150,180 and 200 gram records that are being sold from 20 dollars to 40 dollars and they tell me there worth the price. For me if it isn't mastered or cut from the ORIGINAL MASTER it isn't an audiophile recording and are not worth the price. When I ask the person and they don't know I just move on. At the music store it says Audiophile pressing but nothing about it's source. Another question is if you have an original pressing of a recording I'm assuming it has been cut from the original master but lately I've been told by people that is not true because of volume and demand for certian artists constituted making stamps and used for mass production.The further the stamp was from the master the further the sound suffered. So my question is if it sounds good does this MAKE IT an audiophile recording?
qdrone

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Eldartford, wonderful clear list of what it takes for vinyl, thank you very much.

I can truly relate to JGH and all those who as much as say that the word as applied to recordings may be appropriate, but when applied to music it groans.

As for digital, I like what I find on this page, where I have not found the word "audiophile" :

http://www.digido.com/portal/pmodule_id=11/pmdmode=fullscreen/pageadder_page_id=93/

It includes descriptions of the sound of great digital recordings with notes on how they were made that way.
Qdrone, I had a warped record that did just that... had to chase it under the buffet... very badly warped :)