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Is a highly discerning system enjoyable?

I argue that in terms of musical enjoyment, connection, feeling the musicians and composers maybe a highly discerning system is going too far? Maybe I want the warts airbrushed out.  Maybe I like a system that lets me listen to a broader range of recordings  without whincing?

Then there’s systems which are discerning of performances vs. discerning of upstream gear. I personally feel they are not the same thing at all.

Lastly, if your room is an acoustic mess, how can you tell?

If you feel strongly either way I'd appreciate examples of the gear that made you go one way or another.

erik_squires

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My system is very revealing for most wha I play, bad sounds bad, vice versa.,…..

then I play Bathory or some odd demo starts on some of my re releases, and wow, it’s horrible!

not horrible, but it definitely sounded better on my Panasonic rx-c45 back in 83 on a 6th gen cassette from some friends in London, or Budingen.

 

just,play it, there is no perfect, only to us, if you like the music, play it.

enjoy what we have, how far we have come.

my very first stereo was a foot of the bed red fluffy arch which 2 plush sliding seats rolled under it.

had I think 2 8 “ speakers, one on each side for my 8 tracks at the time.

then Santa brought my Panasonic and turntable, and I found every Columbia house add in k-mart mags, filled em out to my house, neighbors, friends, etc, man that was fun.

I still play,some old so,e what beaten up records with so many pops, ticks, it sounds bad, but I ignore the noise and enjoy the tunes,

 

metal on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

metal is a lifestyle, not some fad!

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