I think we need a new terms in our hobby for three different goals. "Audiophile" is not a good word.
It's a fine word. Audiophiles apparently make you uncomfortable, and so the word makes you uncomfortable, too.
The opposite far end are the ones with unlimited funds and who believe in magic if it costs enough. To them, any system not costing as much as a house is "not resolving enough" and science is wrong.
Logical fallacy, straw man argument. It's odd that you work so hard to portray yourself as a person of science and reason, but then resort to such lazy and and sloppy arguments.