Should people with no turntable or reel to reel be considered audiophiles?

HI,
Badges do not entitle somebody to belong in a certain society.
You must know how to drive and enjoy it at the same time. I always take the longer road with my Giulietta just for the fun of it even if burning more fuel.
People may have huge collection of cds, cassettes or downloads have given up turntables and r2r for their own reasons and yes have soldering irons are good at mods and understand the difference of a good power chord.
They have less components, so what?
They still attend at shows, read, listen, play around with what they have and can exchange ideas and experiences. 
Levelling audiophiles is more logical as knowledge does not come cheap. But that is still a discrimination.

No TT or R2R but I do have a 911. The wife agreed that I could have it when I turned 70 a couple of years ago. She figures at that age at least I would not kill myself. For the record I have worn a Rolex for over 40 years. Nothing fancy, just a stainless Sub.

Yes.  Pursuit of improved sound within the capacity of the medium could make us audiophiles.  Does a $500 turntable/cart combination sound better than a $1,000 DAC playing SACD's?

I am truly surprised that some posters here can manage to get their head through the in door...….