"there seems to be no shortage of consumers who either don't know or care that it's a home studio or actually enjoy that fact."

Sorry, but that is another statement that gets me upset. The MP3 revolution has a huge downside. Consumers are force-fed the latest toys and are settling for lower quality. Ipods and other devices tout the amount of storage available, but it often comes by accepting files that are compressed and lower quality than what you can get off a CD. Sorry, but there is a difference and it can be heard - except when ears become desensitized to what is acceptable.