I do understand that, for many people, their goal when choosing a system is to find one which reproduces sounds in a way that mimics the original as closely as possible. That's absolutely fine and I've no problem with that whatsoever.
However, I prefer to assess equipment based on how much I enjoy listening to the sound it makes. The music I listen to is mostly synthesized and/or distorted anyway - there's no real point of reference to say that my system sounds 'right' or 'wrong'. So, when I'm looking to buy a piece of equipment, its ability to reproduce a sound in a way that's absolutely faithful to the original is not a criterion I'd use to judge it. I'm more interested in soundstage depth, bass extension, the ability to separate vocals clearly from a complex mix... but if the same system would make a brass instrument sound like the mating call of an elephant, I couldn't care less. > But we can't credibly claim that one is better than the other only > because we like it better in presenting our preffered type of music. I disagree, I think that's exactly the way to assess whether or not one piece of kit is better than another. I'd expect a good reviewer to try any system with a variety of music, to then be able to give opinions that will be meaningful to as many readers as possible. -- AndyC_772 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ AndyC_772's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10472 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33276 _______________________________________________ audiophiles mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/audiophiles
