This has been a highly entertaining thread. Anyone who has stood on stage with 200watts of Marshall (or whatever) through 8 12" speakers is going to realise that we are nowhere near being able to create that exact kind of "headrush" through a recording & domestic (or studio) reproduction chain...however, we can get an entertaining "approximation" to that sound. I believe that this is they key. All is diluted, compromised artifice compared to the real thing. However, IMHO that is totally unimportant, provided that whatever we do finally get to hear makes us smile, cry, sing or dance. My favourite analogy here is with any other "artform" - what was being done hundreds of years ago - with primitive "technology" can be just as exciting or stimulating as something painted/carved/written yesterday. If you enjoy the music, the technology chain involved in delivering it to you becomes somewhat irrelevant. For me a great system won't make a great track sound any more "great" - it just lets my brain strain less to decode its "greatness" :0)
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