None taken. I understand your perspective and share it to a degree. I and others that like to try many different stones and hones after being at this awhile also know that can be possible to maintain a shaving edge using a $10 barber hone, newspaper, chrome ox, etc. IMO it's indisputable that a single coticule stone could provide a person with all the stone they'd need to shave well. However....
I don't believe there's ONE STONE of any grit range that would lay all other stones to waste with an incomparable and marked difference so amazing that a coticule, Thuringian, 16K Shapton, etc. would seem like crap in comparison. I'm not looking for said stone. Some like to taste fine wines. I like to try fine stones and enjoy comparing their subtleties for my own personal use.
Chris L