It would be almost a sublime-to-ridiculous moment to see a big city Philharmonic release a recording “featuring the new Chinese Strad-alike in both string section and soloist!” Even if it sounded like it had gotten halfway to heaven.
Would it soon follow that original Strads end up on ebay for $999 with free shipping? Of course that would never happen because of the historical factor to the instruments, but a paradigm shift in violin sound quality could make them obsolete as a viable instrument for the Philharmonic.