According to your theory, we should then dismiss anything thats sampled, or emulated through hardware or software, because in fact, these are just "sounds", correct..?

Hey man, if using a real Fender Rhodes is the only way to capture the dyamics of an actual Fender Rhodes, then so be it...I'm there...

Hard to believe though that in this day and age, there's no alternative to hauling around 500 pounds of Rhodes gear, having in take up X amount of space in the studio, and having to deal with it constantly being in need of tuning or maintaining....that is of course, assuming that you have found one that isnt beat to crap, still works, and can stay in tune for more that a couple of days...