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

If you think a tonearm counter weight does not effect the sound you might  want to look at your audiofile status.  Also  guess where you do not want your engine in your car, unless it is a dragster.  Just having some fun!!!

Enjoy the ride
Tom
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NO....

Engine as close to the middle of the car as possible. Center weight = well  balanced=better handling. Not in the front. Weight over the power wheels.
As far as the tonearm counterweight, maybe it helps with some mismatched arm/table combos, but if it’s good enough for Roy Gandy, it’s good enough for me. Plus it could mess up the fit of the dust cover, since it is not designed specifically for any arm. Tweak away....

Tweak #1

lose the dust cover

Unless it’s a SOTA and even then....