If you didn't personally work at....say....Yamaha's musical instruments division or their hifi division, how the heck would you know?
As a end user, you can't compare yourself to the guys who designed instruments or equipment
That quote is misattributed to Alan Parsons, as I understand. Anyway saying there's a problem with wanting good sound is like saying an instrument designer, aiming for beautiful sound, could not possibly be a music lover and is only interested in the sound of the instruments. I.e. the sound is inseparable from the music. For me the beauty of the sound, good microdynamics, and so on, are the "doors" to the meaning of the music.