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Do speakers choose your music preference

I wonder if my preference for chamber music and jazz is driven by having replaced my older full-range KEF Ref. 107/2s with Ref.1 monitors and a pair of Velodyne HGS-15s -- I did find that resetting the crossover to the subs from 40 Hz to 80 Hz made the setup sound larger and large orchestrations more enjoyable. I replaced the 107/2s because I was sure the fully-balanced zero-feedback design of the Ayre preamp and amp would not tolerate inserting the KEF KUBE between them. Charles Hansen had warned me not to insert anything between them. Now I’m wondering if KEF Ref. 207/2s or Wilson Sophias might tilt my music preference back toward the symphonic venue.

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Was about to write no, speakers haven't driven it. Yes Moabs make classical sound so doggone good you just can't get enough of it. But they do that for rock too. And jazz. So was going to say they don't drive it, not like I go out shopping for music just because I know it will sound fabulous on these speakers. 

But then, wait a minute. Didn't you just pay a small fortune for a White Hot Tchaikovsky and a One Step Patricia Barber? Not the kind of thing I would have done before with my other speakers. So yeah, maybe, a little.
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