Yeah, but that line of reasoning opens up the "You think it's good because it's just warm distortion" line from the head over heart crowd, and it's often not at

Yeah, but that line of reasoning opens up the "You think it's good because it's just warm distortion" line from the head over heart crowd, and it's often not at all true. You can spot these people because they'll use THD (total harmonic distortion) like a meaningful number. THD specs are generated by 1khz sine waves. It deliberately ignores both dynamics and harmonic content - the fundamental building blocks of music. It's like measuring how well a car drives 50mph.