Maybe it is because music is not english and can't be quite explained in words, it is also something you feel. That is why some high end systems have it and others sound cold and analytical perhaps. I remember peter gabriel saying something like that your mind interprets music and fills in the details of what you hear in a sense. With a lot of equipment I think there is an art involved in manufacturing and sounding out gear and I wonder if some of it is getting lost through greed over time, which the hifi gurus try to gloss over with their nice words. I noticed the weight of the cd players sound and impact getting thinner the newer the stuff becomes. Also I have older speakers Mordaunt Short Signifer(1980) and comparing these with some modern $3000-$4000 Dynaudio speakers the loss of impact from the Dyn bass mid drivers was shocking. You can hear a drum on the MS and it hits you, it sounds awefully punchless on the dynaudio's.
Perhaps audible differences in music conveyance aren't that great anymore between the various competetitors, so a perception needs to be created by the media that XXX is so much better, and therefore warrents your dollar and because there is no real love for music involved anymore the reviewers get confused. Mind you Art Dudley wrote an article to the effect that all expensive powercables are a waste of time and he has only heard an improvement in sound with a digital source by using a more expensive one. In view of that what do I make of people paying $6000 for a good cable. I think by him writing an article like that his opinion can be regarded as possibly not being manipulated by greed. Music is an experience, and maybe we should get a glossary of word meanings as used in some legal documents to be able to desribe the experience with a more objective tone.
Perhaps audible differences in music conveyance aren't that great anymore between the various competetitors, so a perception needs to be created by the media that XXX is so much better, and therefore warrents your dollar and because there is no real love for music involved anymore the reviewers get confused. Mind you Art Dudley wrote an article to the effect that all expensive powercables are a waste of time and he has only heard an improvement in sound with a digital source by using a more expensive one. In view of that what do I make of people paying $6000 for a good cable. I think by him writing an article like that his opinion can be regarded as possibly not being manipulated by greed. Music is an experience, and maybe we should get a glossary of word meanings as used in some legal documents to be able to desribe the experience with a more objective tone.