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ultimate final word what we want out of our system

#1 best top of the line incredible 1st class a winner deal of the century. you have found the thread that will be the epitome of your search. but first we should establish what is it we want from our system. i'll start out by stating that for me what i would like is the you are there experience, i want to feel as though the musicians are in the room with me with a sound stage that i can pick out the placement of the individuals. depth and wide sound stage is what i am looking for.
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timf
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satisfaction- the problem seems to be figuring out what that means.
golixe7df
55 posts
 
Given that I mostly listen to studio recordings rather than life...I want to hear exactly what the engineer heard.
Simple, isn't it? I achieved this for about 800$ all in.
krwman007
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What we usually want is something more.
What we generally need is to be content with what we've got and listen to the music.
gregm
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What we usually want is something more.
What we generally need is to be content with what we've got and listen to the music
Excellent Krwman007! I'll second that (and quote you in the future, if I may).
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megasam
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For me the modest goal is:
Make as many CDs as possible sound as good as possible.

Sounds obvious but some audiophile systems only sound great playing small number of bland "audiophile" CDs and sound harsh playing average mainstream or worse quality music. I gladly give up the last 10% of ultra micro detail extraction to have smooth natural music from as many CDs as possible.
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