I don't know when "unconventional" started becoming "bad".
So many people spend so much time looking at specs and paper stats (especially people who frequent online, or purchasing online) and don't think about that maybe, the guy who designed the thing just
might know what he is doing, or
might have tested it a thousand times and found no discernable difference? If it's "worse" on paper but nobody can hear it, who cares?
I work in the tire industry and it's like when someone asks why such and such a tire doesn't have such and such a tread design, which perhaps they prefer, and is a very frequently asked question. I usually say it's because they guy with the engineering degree from Harvard says this is better
.
