Isn’t the recording the information contained on the media?
If so, then any gear that sucks it up and reproduces it without introducing audible "coloration" (however defined), distortion or any number of other unwanted artifacts?
“Faithful to the recording”
I despise when reviewers use those words in describing a piece of equipment unless they were, quite literally, at the recording. Once those words are used, I pretty much stop reading since IMO the reviewer is full of BS.
Your thoughts?
And what key word(s) or phrases cause you to stop reading?