They may say they try to achieve the same result, but they really don't.
Studio equipment goes for accuracy. You want what comes out to be as close to what goes in as possible.
Home equipment goes for results that sound good. A decent segment of this market superficially thinks that this is achieved through accuracy, but very few truly believe it. Note how the tests are always about the subjective listening experience. Some have given up on the idea entirely, as can be seen in the "tubs are better!" segment, where distortion (i.e. inaccuracy) is considered desirable as long as it's done right.
You see this at work in all sorts of areas. For example, compare the trucks purchased as personal cars by people who say "I need to haul stuff!" and the trucks purchased as work cars by people who actually use them for a living. They ostensibly have the same needs but they usually buy pretty different things because they aren't actually trying to accomplish the same stuff.
Studio equipment goes for accuracy. You want what comes out to be as close to what goes in as possible.
Home equipment goes for results that sound good. A decent segment of this market superficially thinks that this is achieved through accuracy, but very few truly believe it. Note how the tests are always about the subjective listening experience. Some have given up on the idea entirely, as can be seen in the "tubs are better!" segment, where distortion (i.e. inaccuracy) is considered desirable as long as it's done right.
You see this at work in all sorts of areas. For example, compare the trucks purchased as personal cars by people who say "I need to haul stuff!" and the trucks purchased as work cars by people who actually use them for a living. They ostensibly have the same needs but they usually buy pretty different things because they aren't actually trying to accomplish the same stuff.