What's much more interesting is the practice of audio, facing practical problems, having a clear idea of what your objectives are and having some form of strategy of how to address any identified shortcomings. A lot of it is necessarily subjective and what you may perceive as a weakness in your system may be of not great significance to someone else. Against such incredible complexities, and the amounts of subjectivity involved in deciding what works or does not in audio, I guess a focus on micro v macro linearities (whatever they might be) is a distraction from the more intractable problems one faces when putting together a coherent and satisfying system for music reproduction in the home. Likewise denigrating out of hand the big names in the audio industry, fashionable as it might be, gives no guarantee that one is on course to developing such a satisfying system.
There is no easy route. Obstacles are many.
But ultimately, music can be potentially a universal language that works across linguistic, geographic and cultural borders and it would be a shame if local prejudices obscure that fact in our interactions with others and make us forget the common courtesies when we deal with someone who does not have our facility with the language.
All the best
Rakesh
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