I find I am evolving. Looking back, I did spend 14 years with an Ovation as my main acoustic guitar, but it did have the sound hole in the middle. While others made comments about the "Tupperware back" on the Ovation, I considered it a great guitar for traveling in differing climates. After the Ovation, I got my first Taylor, then picked up a GSmini as my travel guitar.
All the while, still thinking I was a "traditional wood guitar guy." Hey, the Ovation had a wood top.
Carbon fiber really wasn't on my radar... until the Shorty. Spending some time on this sub-forum was more exposure to off-set soundholes and some of the other attributes, like the ergonomics that are possible with CF. The X7 is SO comfortable. Yet, for all the non-traditional aspects of it, it sounds like... a guitar.
Two weeks in, this is still the "honeymoon stage," but I am convinced that a guitar doesn't have to look traditional to sound sweet. I am embracing the differences and enjoying them all.