LP,
you are the one that made this claim;
"Somehow I feel that anyone serious about purchasing one of these models is probably not primarily motivated to obtain the absolute sound."
so it’s on you to support it.
how can you know someone’s motivation for buying something? when most/many times they don’t even clearly know it.
and you used the term "anyone".......not....."I know of some people". generalizations are very difficult to support and polarize people.
my point was not to judge.
if you feel you are in a position to judge then help me/us to understand how you know these things about 'anyone'.