Editing High-end audio (section)

{{short description|Class of consumer home audio equipment}}
{{distinguish|text = [[High-fidelity audio]]}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2020}}

[[File:Avantgarde_Acoustic_Trio_and_Basshorn_speakers_(3557197670).jpg|thumb|Avantgarde Acoustic Trio and Basshorn speakers]]
'''High-end audio''' is a class of consumer [[home audio]] equipment marketed to [[audiophile]]s on the basis of high price or quality, and esoteric or novel sound reproduction technologies. The term can refer simply to the price, to the build quality of the components, or to the subjective or objective quality of sound reproduction.<ref name=Branch1>{{Cite book
| edition = 1
| publisher = JAI Press
| isbn = 978-0-7623-1446-1
| pages = 79–99
|editor1= Russell Belk |editor2=Russell Belk Jr. |editor3=John Sherry
| last = Branch
| first = John D.
| title = Consumer Culture Theory, Volume 11 (Research in Consumer Behavior)
| chapter = Postmodern Consumption and the High-Fidelity Audio Microculture
| date = 23 May 2007
}}</ref><ref name=perlman1>{{Cite journal
| doi = 10.1177/0306312704047613
| volume = 34
| issue = 5
| page = 783
| last = Perlman
| first = M.
| title = Golden ears and meter readers: The contest for epistemic authority in Audiophilia
| journal = Social Studies of Science
| year = 2004
| s2cid = 146545243
}}</ref>