Your "moving power around" theory doesn't stick here. The "AEM hump" comes from a resonance supercharging effect because of the length of the pipe. But as the dyno that's been posted all over the place shows, the CAI doesn't loose any power to the filter on a stick.

Yes, when you increase breathing capacity with piping length or manifold size there is generally a shift in the powerband, but horsepower is not like matter in that it can be moved and not created and destroyed.