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Should a high end system be flexible, or demanding?

This is a discussion we dance around here a lot. I want a system that is flexible. That lets me play music from Sister Rosetta Tharpe in the 1940s all the way up to today and enjoy it.  I simply can't expect mono recordings from then to sound the same on my system as they did to the recording engineers at the time, nor can I make a 1940's "reference system" work well for modern tracks.

Making a system that is too demanding that keeps you looking for audiophile approved recordings while ignoring music as culture for the past 100 years is a kink.
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I'm not saying a system should make a bad recording sound good, but at least enjoyable musically.

I agree that we need to stop listening to the gear and listen to the compositions they are playing. Our culture is far too skewed to the tech and not the musical culture itself.  The musicians the composers even the politics that drove the music of the time.
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