@hifiman5 far be it for me to intuit what @geoffkait is saying but my experience is that you cannot tell how any given system sounds from pictures or knowledge of the components -- there are far too many variables in room interaction, component synergies (or lack thereof) not to mention the listeners own preferences. What I think you can ascertain per your original post is how seriously the system owner has thought about the performance of her system and how much attention they have paid to fine tuning it to help it give of its best
So yes to using systems descriptions to gauge the credibility of the poster, and no to assuming you know how it sounds
So yes to using systems descriptions to gauge the credibility of the poster, and no to assuming you know how it sounds