How much reality do you really need?


The real question to the audiophile  is, “how much reality do you need” to enjoy your system? Does it have to be close to an exact match?  How close before your satisfied?  Pursuing that ideal seems to be the ultimate goal of the audiophile.
The element of your imagination has to come into the equation, or you’ll drive yourself mad.  You have to fill in part of the experience with your mind.
But this explains the phenomenon of “upgraditis.”
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The real question to the audiophile  is, “how much reality do you need” to enjoy your system?

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ZERO for me. I really don't care what anyone intended to be heard. I'm only concerned in what I like to hear.  I'm under no obligation to reproduce what someone else was trying to do..

Think of Yoko Ono. Wouldn't you TRY to change that convergence of unholy noise?

Holy water required BEFORE and AFTER a needle drop or push the play button.. :-)

Purest I'M 100% opposed too, "Run what ya brung" kind of guy.. plain and simple.. No tone control..

Not me!  I like tone control at the Preamp (remote access too) DSP for the bass (again adjustable from the seated position) and a tube EQ for the whole monitor section. THAT, I have to get up for.. PITA too..

gravel, gravel, mumble, mumble.. LOL

MY REALITY is fine, yours, maybe not.. "The Matrix"

Regards
I'm in the Master M camp. Reality is what you make it. MONEY, (as some have implied) has nothing to do with the reality of sound. TIME and experiments do.. 

If reality in sound equates to money invested, what do you do with ear buds or head phones? Say they don't sound good, when we all know they do. Some better than others. BUT a free pair that comes with a phone sound pretty good. Total cost .50 cents including packaging.

Set of earbuds and that right! Time to DANCE..

Hat on the floor and I slowly walk around the hat to the beat of the music, BUT my faithful K-9 can't keep the beat because she's got NO EAR BUDS!!. But she tries.. NOW we stop and slowly back around the hat to the beat... :-)

Regards..