Your components have to be able to resolve detail. That is absolutely the first requirement IME. After that, room setup, and acoustical, mechanical and electrical tweaking make the difference, but the first requirement is resolution in the gear.
You can have a very enjoyable system that does not resolve musical info completely, of course.
My small experience suggest a rule of thumb: I can fall asleep while listening to an enjoyable system. I have a harder time falling asleep while listening to an enjoyable _revealing_ system.
You can have a very enjoyable system that does not resolve musical info completely, of course.
My small experience suggest a rule of thumb: I can fall asleep while listening to an enjoyable system. I have a harder time falling asleep while listening to an enjoyable _revealing_ system.