referring to the "fake sound" discussion. It 100% isn't fake sound, it is actual intake sound being directed to the cockpit. There are many conversations online from people installing "x" part and getting "y" results with no data to back up the claim and totally backwards from what engineering would tell you.
I do agree that time based experience isn't always a good excuse for why something is right or wrong. In this case, the OP has provided zero proof that the sound is indeed fake or the car produced more power with the symposer removed. By this discussion, one could argue that any musical instrument produces a fake sound. A speaker is the worst offender since it is taking electrical signals to vibrate a medium to produce sound. A phone? Yeah, that is totally fake. I would bet your voice is also fake since it is produced by vibration of chords. To suggest air being forced into an engine is fake because a seperate tube sends the sound into the cockpit is just wrong.