Not exactly. Sound production and sound reproduction are separate pursuits. Sound reproduction should ideally be input transformed with transducers to a listen

Not exactly. Sound production and sound reproduction are separate pursuits. Sound reproduction should ideally be input transformed with transducers to a listening environment. In the absence of perfect transducers there's a lot of play area for enthusiasts to modify the transformation stage to interplay with what is by far the weakest part of the chain, the transducers. Massy complex mechanical circuits with all the imperfections that entails. Despite this, it's very possible to improve the state of the art. Sound production on the other hand is whatever the producer wants it to be. And the best transducers are often purposefully avoided for monitoring, because it won't necessarily sound too good on the radio when driving to work, or an MP3 through Dr Beats on a noisy tube or metro.