I lately wonder why I’m an Audiophile.

@sns  I have a single night set aside each week for five hour or so listening session, never listen casually.

This seems quite sad to me. I guess I am not an audiophile. 

In our house we listen to music all the time. In every room and outside using the built in system (not bad but NOT HiFi). In the cars (love SXM radio). From a $300 B&O BT speaker travelling (low res Qobuz on the road!). And listening sessions when we feel like it -  I play DJ, creating a mood/theme and see where it leads.

Doesn't mean I don't work on getting the best I can out of my HiFi system/room.

RV - seems like you have achieved a healthy balance - now just enjoy it.

What @macg19 said.   Hobbies are for enjoyment so…..

I never refer to myself as an audiophile.  Lots of baggage there!   I prefer hifi buff or or better yet music lover. 

I bet that with 23,000 posts about all aspects of audio you are an audiophile as i am...

But why do you reject the word?

Why being afraid of what we are ?

 I am a failed or sad  audiophile  since i had 23...

I am an happy audiophile since my retirement because i solve my acoustics experience problem and my gear problems...Not by upgraditis but by thinking...

I am not afraid to be called an audiophile ...

I was because sound matter in my music appreciation even if i could enjoy music on battery transistor radio under my sheet at night when i was 13...

I am first a music lover and last a music lover...

But i was an audiophile  because solving the S.Q. problem was a real problem for me...

What @macg19 said.   Hobbies are for enjoyment so…..

I never refer to myself as an audiophile.  Lots of baggage there!   I prefer hifi buff or or better yet music lover. 

Please.  You took effort to put together a nice system and now you enjoy it.