[EvanAnderson]

There's arguably a subjective quality to sound enjoyment, though. The fidelity of reproduction can be measured, but I'd argue there's personal preference in the types of artifacts generated by inaccuracies in reproduction.

[bombcar]

There's really two camps - "I like what I hears" and "this is as close to in-studio monitors as you can get".

There's an argument for both, but frankly, if studio monitor setups don't sound "as good" why bother?