Why aren't Rush fans more audiophile-natured?

Why should Rush fans (or any other sub-genre of music for that matter) be any different from the population at large? Does appreciation for Rush imbue the Rush fan with some powers of musical appreciation that make them more advanced and sophisticated than other listeners? The way your question is phrased seems as if you feel that's the case. If appreciation of sophisticated music is supposed to make it more likely that a listener is going to be an audiophile, then it would follow that a high proportion of classical music afficionados would be audiophiles. That's certainly not the case in my experience.

These days, there are many paths to good sound besides the traditional audiophile mantra.

The fact that most people like music but are NOT considered audiophiles these days says a lot.

Nothing special about Rush or most popular acts that says "audiophile". Millions of people enjoy good sound these days and have no clue what being an audiophile means.

there are gazillion of bands like that even more than you can ever imagine.
rush haven't been released on audiophile pressings and haven't been presented to audiophile crowd during shows.
an audiophile crowd is infinitessimal compared to the rest of population so audiophile re-issues are rather done on pop bands and/or orchestras. i haven't seen clash represses as well or audiophiles clash fans.
any skinny puppy or sisters of mercy fans(goth rock)
how about experimental or noise music? i haven't seen it's being discussed here. saw discussion about rap being hated here, but not punk rock or experimental simply because these bands would make no sense for audiophile remastering and presenting in audio shows for 'critical listening' imagine that!