Some companies are little more than mom and pop outfits, they don't have lots of time or other resources to maximize a given design. Price points, changes in the marketplace (like competitors hitting the market with a killer winner). I'm sure that the perfectionists cannot agree with issues of reality getting in the way of "what should be".
Look at HFM. Not a mom and pop. The HE-6 is what 9+ years old? The driver still destroys 99.8% of the drivers on the market. Like the HE-500 they stuck it in a crappy frame, gave zero thought to reflections, vibrations, back cover that distorts the sound, and even the wiring sucks. That's reality, not a perfectionists "should be". Those two products have been modded by thousands. I've followed some directions, worked out some of my own. My HE-500 is better for it.
Modification - other near synonyms: healing, improvement, enhancement. I get more for less. You should hear my floorstanders with the mods: ribbon tweeter, crossover (better caps, diff values), ASC tube traps, sound flags). Cost me $1100 on closeout, plus $2500 for the room treatments, ribbon, caps. Sounds like a $8k pair of speakers. Not possible in the land of the perfect products made by the perfect companies.
That's a mirage folks. The real world is full of compromise, laziness, and imperfection.
