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Never, EVER, underestimate the listener.
You'll get a fright when you come across one of the 5% of the population that are very perseptive about sound (and NOT sound engineers). There's the hi-fi buffs, the musicians, and just the general listening public at large. Not everyone is a 14 year old MP3 listening pop junkie. Even the least lerned individuals can supprise by pointing out aspects of production or arrangement that producers and engineers can miss.
What good gear should do is be transparent and let everyone get on with the creative process, and try to capture it in the best way possible. This is why spending a day choosing which preamp you are using for the kick drum is just as bad as trying to record with under-par equipment.
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