Being a so called True audiophile, (which by the way sounds like pedophile🤮, so I choose not to throw the word around much) has nothing to do with any price point whatsoever. I prefer to use audio enthusiest when describing myself, which by the way seldom occurs.
In my part of the world, I have yet to meet another "audiophile". There is not an over abundance of people who care very much about this stuff. I am looked upon by others as quite crazy, but I am OK with that!😁
A true audiophile also has a Lava lamp some where within his/her/it listening room.😝