Extremely good point. I think we can quickly agree that trying to recreate the experience that was approved in the studio is completely impossible.
A home setup sets a baseline. You can choose to aim for transparency. Be faithfull to the recording itself in stead of the perceptions that led to its creation. Or you can set a baseline with a flavour of your liking.
I have no problem with the latter, as long as people are being honest about it, but I do find most of the hoops and loops, that they jump through in order to add more or less imaginary flavour, to be silly.
If the Airist adds something audible to the playback (like Amir points out, it's a really big 'if'), then why is it a good way to get that effect?
In the studio you simply turn a knob or push a button. There's no need to pull PCBs out of the mixing console and replace them with exotic new ones that can be auditioned until you find the effect you were looking for. I don't see why home audio should be any different.
I do recognize that this massively ineffective chase for a sound signature is what makes 90% of the fun for a lot of people in the hobby, but to me it's just a huge waste of time and effort.