All manner of rationalizing comes with using a loom from one brand that I could never wrap my ears around. Reviewers claim you should go with a house sound and avoid going down the rabbit hole as different makes will sound different. Well...duh.
I just don't see one make getting it correct in all aspects. It's intellectually lazy. I can see sticking with the same brand for ICs and SCs but everything else just doesn't make sense. Just my $0.02.
All the best,
Nonoise