hmmm...

Well, I thought past the point of pure fatigue or intimacy affecting perception to the point, subsequent to discipline that one has to have in order to separate oneself from the concept to the actual physical form and wondered...

....does anyone choose equipment for the sake of its character rather than its on paper technical specifications??

Say, choose a crappy compressor because it has a certain sound that you can work with as an instrument to your sound rather than a process.

or

Know that every speaker and room is different and so learn to listen to the right frequencies and elements in the mix that give you the type of sound you want.....rather than a perfectly text-book reference to a range of frequencies that supposedly work perfect in tha studio??