Look, he's not all of a sudden condemning stats. More likely he's stating that there's no perfect headphone, and speaking in subtleties. Tyll still gets excited about headphones after all these years, and like many of us, his perfect headphone would probably consist of traits of different designs combined into one. When a new phone comes along with a desirable trait, he's going to expound on that trait. Again, I think you need to know the man to know his writings.