In some circles it is fashionable to regard distortion as unimportant.
And worse, ignore it altogether.
Distortion as such is undesirable in a system which purports to reproduce accurately an original recording.
If someone prefers a piece of equipment which has higher distortion figures of whatever kind, that is their preference, but it doesn't follow that low or ultra low distortion is in some way wrong.
No distortion at all is perfection.
But sometimes a fault or two adds a human touch.
