The reality is, that artists exist in the ecosystem and environment they produce for.
I had some further thoughts on this point.
People seem to want to define broadly three concepts.
First, the concept artist intent. People who place importance on measurement seem to have this very rigid definition of what an artist could possibly intend to do. An artist's intent is fixed, rigid. A singular vision for how music sounds. An artist does not care about the differences, and subjective preferences of their listeners. They don't recognize them. An artist does not care about the different ways to experience music, in different rooms, with headphones, in an amphitheater. In this "ideal world", the artist rejects all dynamics concerning experience and preference in lieu of a singular unrelenting uncompromising vision. No, in this world, there is one way to experience the music, and that means a very specific thing.
Second, is the concept of listener preferences, the manner in which individuals enjoy consuming music.
Finally, the concept of accuracy, which in this ideal world is held up as king. It is the concept of using an audio reproduction device to exactly down to the smallest detail reproduce exactly the artist's rigid intent.
In such an ideal world as defined by the Ministry of Truth above, listener preferences which deviate from experiencing the rigid uncompromising intent of the above artist are given the double plus ungood label of "wrong". If any of their audio equipment deviates in any way from the narrow scope of artist intent as defined above, that equipment is given the equally double plus ungood label of "flawed". Gasp - what if the artist never intended for listeners to use headphones in the first place? By definition in this ideal world that would be flawed, and those listeners wrong!
Now, if this doesn't sound like an ideal world to you, you aren't alone, but I digress. Let us assume for a moment that the above situation actually represents the ideal we all should be striving for.
Imagine in this world, a rebel company called Zony released a headphone which sounded different from all other headphones, called the A9R. The Zony A9R broke convention in this ideal world, instead of having a H shaped frequency response, it had a P shaped frequency response. And unbelievably, the people really enjoyed it!
Blasphemy! Sacrilege!
Perhaps it didn't sound very good with all genres of music, but perhaps it caused immense enjoyment with a handful of genres of music that were popular at the time.
Despite the Ministry of Truth's vain attempts to limit the dangerous spread of individuals choosing to enjoy themselves using their headphones, imagine in this fictional ideal world, that the Zony A9R (and derivatives copying the P shaped frequency response) actually became somewhat ubiquitous among music listeners in this world.
What is an artist to do?
The artist must now create music knowing that the P shaped heathens have taken over. Artists in those genres who the P shape doesn't sound good, they must now remaster their music to sound better on the P shaped audio equipment, because that is the equipment being used to consume their music. But what is this double plus ungood contradiction? Music is now being mastered to a standard which deviates from our previous concepts of the artist's intent! What is the Ministry of Truth meant to do?!?
The point of this long winded diatribe is simply this:
Enjoyment is always at the heart of music. Enjoyment always drives decisions up the chain, including the artist's intent. Enjoyment is the fundamental pillar around which all of audio reproduction rotates. It is the gravity, the center, the only truth that matters.
Life is short. We are all given too few years on this earth to kick around and listen to our music. No matter how old or young you are, you probably aren't going to get enough time to listen to all the music you want before you kick the bucket. So enjoy yourself.