Exactly. I still liked better to sit in the huge open hall and listen to KEF R11 Meta on a simple Hegel integrated, rather than exclusive rooms with MBL, Stenheim, Revel and others. But in the open, they were not allowed to play for long or even that loud.
This is the thing, when I prefer a given design and sound reproduction, few other designs really does it for me - in the end.
But a definite surprise for me each time, provoking my rather strict personal view, is the Odeon Carnegie, because they are passive, horns and run with tubes - several things I would never do myself - but these work really well, with no real hick-ups - well done IMO