The Horror

Here I go again.....One problem I see constantly is listeners have the wrong gear for their rooms and/or tastes. Other problem I see, listeners are still trying to figure out what characteristics of recorded music playback are important to them, thus the race for the latest and greatest. There are Two major characteristic within our music library, that is a "given", the Musicianship & Composition. OH NO, I have done it again. My best, Always, MrD.

tvad, your system is lovely, and I am sure your system does all of that for you. But for my needs, my tastes, my expectations, many pieces of your system would not do it for me, and I know many that are in my camp. My best and always, enjoy. MrD.

@tvad I know many of your components and have heard systems as yours. It is all about the individual listener, and my intent was not to hurt your feelings. I am so so sorry, with sugar on top. BTW, you might not enjoy my system either, but my system is for my pleasure, as your system is for your pleasure. End of story. So, let’s just leave it at that. Full stop. My best always, MrD.

@tvad , you are so high strung, with mine is bigger than yours. Wake up a bit. Specifically, I would not be happy with your loudspeakers, and I am not a fan of tube power amps, any tube power amps. Neither do what I want. Are we clear. ymmv. You think I am alone, and you think I am BS. That is fine. I stick to my original comments, before you jumped all over me. Enjoy ! MrD.

@ghasley can I hear your words of wisdom as to why you think so?

@ghasley I would 1st like to apologize to you if you felt my words to tvad were cruel, mean, demeaning, whatever. My statement "One problem I see constantly is listeners having the wrong gear for their rooms or their tastes", was not taken well by tvad. He removed his posts, but I can tell you, he was quite defensive about my comment and felt it was directed towards him, on a very personal level. He spoke about impedance matching and other things and said his system would please everyone. I looked at his system and saw a very nice layout. Lovely is the term I used. However, he jumped all over me, calling BS on everything I say and post and I stand behind every word I said. He took offense again, when I stated that his system was likely very matched and brought him much enjoyment, but I would have selected some different components for my pleasure, and this did not sit well with him. I wish he did not remove his posts so everyone could have read them, but I understand why he deleted them. One comment I have stayed true to with every post I make, is this. "Since we are all individuals, each of us enjoy aspects and characteristics of listening that are different from one another and this is ok". I do not believe every system accurately portrays a listening experience to satisfy everyone. Let’s take Tvad’s room (again lovely). If I was designing it "for me", I would have "my particular pair" of Lascalas in there, with a pair of RSL 12S subwoofers flanking them, and a beefy solid state class a power amp (s) that would optimally control the 15s in the doghouses, to my liking... and let her rip. He defended each and every piece of gear he owned, and I simply stated to him, his speakers nor his amps would "do it for me". He went berserk, and before you know it, he removed his posts. He was nasty, childish, and felt I insulted him. I am not someone who insults, but I will defend myself when attacked. He accused me of all sorts of things, and called me all sorts of things, but I remained polite, composed and professional. If you missed tvad’s commentary, you would understand. Anyway, I wish everyone happy listening, as music is a language we shall all enjoy as we see fit. I feel tvad had a bad day, and I understand more than many, the emotional side to our hobby. I wish him, as I do with everyone, my best. Always, MrD.