I learned that I could trust my system when I listened to many ‘70s and ‘80s recordings and every time I put on Dire Straits or Steely Dan or even Midnight Oil I was astounded by the sound. Goose bumps for sure. It doesn’t stop me from listening to the others , I just don’t listen to them when I’m in the mood to take my system out for a run.
Do you trust your system?
I was constantly upgrading gear, demoing songs, reading reviews, trying to find out why I had the feeling that the song I was playing shouldn’t sound the way it does. Something off or lacking, I luckily found a set of equipment and a room setup that if a song is off, it’s likely recorded that way. I trust my system to do a decent job. I wonder do others get to a point where they are more critical of mastering techniques than something wrong with their equipment? Admittedly, it’s easier to say how a piece of gear or cable made some significant difference, but in what exactly since the music sources are so wildly manipulated by engineers?