Potentially, anything labeled accurate is not musical. What good is accuracy if there is no musical enjoyment in the listing room. Then you have to throw thousands more dollars to fix the problem. My test for musicality is if I find myself toe-taping.
Magico speakers too clinical and fatiguing?
A while back I was very enthusiastic about these speakers. They look nice and supposedly supposed to sound very nice. I’ve heard them a few times and the level of precision and accuracy is very good. But is there too much science going on to create the speakers that makes them at times a little uncomfortable to listen to for more than a few minutes.
Are modern age speakers going nuts with all the science?
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How can there be such a thing as a speaker that is too accurate? The goal of high end audio is to present the music exactly as it was performed/recorded. Of course this is never achieved in reality. At the end, we all have our personal bias as to what we want to hear. Like it or not, that is distortion. No one here is really in pursuit of perfection. We want to hear our preferred version of deviation from reality. That is why so many spend large sums of money in pursuit of an unachievable goals. Me (not speaking for anyone else) have jumped off that wagon and convinced myself that at my skill and hearing level, I am happy with my modest system. It is so much better than what was available to me in the 70's that I no longer feel the need. Laves me a lot of disposable cash for other fun stuff. |
The problem here is that there are too many poor made records. Clean sounding speakers show the defects in the original record and often make it unlistenable. This is what some refer as "too accurate" or "clinical". The solution is - choose what you play wisely. This will cut off 98% of all records ever made, but remaining 2% will bring real enjoyment.
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@dayglow I think I am the opposite of obsessed with the price. I am saying it's not about the price... |
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