Precisely, Ian. And, in fact, it points out the need to qualify any recommendation with either a 'go listen to one first', or at least an acknowledgment of the TYPE of sound each of us prefers, before we evangelize our own particular choice as a generic 'must-have' for all others...

If you ask me, there's FAR too much 'buy what I have' on this forum, with seldom an explanation as to WHY... or even an earnest try at understanding what the asker actually needs or wants. There is so much choice, and some of it radically different from each other, and so many different needs and tastes, it sometimes seems that it really would be a fluke if what 'I' use really would be what 'you' need