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

Thanks so much Chakster. Sounds like it is an issue for long interconnects and Very special situations within the home audio context we discuss. 
There was another discussion about this and the guy had to have balanced ones.

My turntable cable can’t be changed without big time work on the tone arm with a complete wire replacement from cartridge 4pin connector to end of wire rca -I mean balanced plug.

No thanks-I’ll trust Roy Gandy- he knows more than me and has a pretty successful outfit especially known for their tonearms called Rega.

Michelle- MM owners can certainly be audiophiles-they just choose to spend less on a cartridge. 
Correct me if I’m wrong, but this Is one area I think Is of universal Audiophile agreement. In general MCs sound better than MMs, just cost more and you have to worry about the phono stage matching to its voltage output.

Hey Chakster-should I worry about my 5’ or 1.5 meter interconnect going from my phono stage to my preamp? It’s a Kimber PB&J.

Moving the boxes around and switching to a shorter Interconnect cable (which I have a .5 meter one of the same brand) would work without any $$ investment. Would you say this is a no brainer and I should definitely do it?

"Like real audiophiles use MCs... and not MM/MI/MF ’things’... 😥"

That qualifies millercarbon as an audiophile. He is the genuine MC.

wsrrsw,

"All this bunk makes me want to get a Tesla..."

The last time I tried it, a couple of years ago, it was the ultimate non-audiophile car. You could only listen to music via Bluetooth (or radio). USB ports were for charging, it seemed. I am not sure if it has changed since then, but be careful.