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"Well-Designed" Mysticism.....

Whenever the terms "well-made", "well-designed", or "properly-designed" is brought forth in a premise, such ideal has never had defined standards for qualification. Or anything even remotely close to that. It's purely a subjective prejudgment.

So using such basis to claim that products ought to perform a **specific** way ("sounding identical") is purely conjecture. For it seems the only practical objective of such tactic is to enable citation of either delusions of "golden-ears" acuity or "improper design", depending on how obvious the sonic differences are. For the tactic really wouldn't be of use for anything else.

So the use of vague, unqualified terms such as "well-made", "well-designed", or "properly-designed" as a basis for an exacting performance ideal is indeed mysticism. Of maybe an even worse kind.

When this tactic is accompanied by scathing accusations of "audiophile mysticism", that dreaded "H" word.....
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