I linked an interview some time ago by Richard James Burgess (apparently he coined “EDM”). I really like the way he says “perceived difference in sound quality”.
“I have the soft synth discussion often. I still have a comprehensive rack of hard synths, but I prefer to use soft synths mostly because staying in-the-box enables me to work on planes and pick up where I left off months and years later. That is more valuable to me than a perceived difference in sound quality. And two synths of the same model very often sound different anyway, depending on vintage and condition.”