MajorFubar
New member
More than any other criteria I must enjoy the sound. That probably goes for all of us, but for each of us the route is different.
For example, in terms of tonal balance, I like midrange clarity more than the absolute deepest bass or the sparkliest treble. When I buy new equipment I get a great amount of satisfaction from listening to old familiar songs and tracks and hearing new details or nuances I hadn't heard before. It was definitely the main reason I was so in love with the EB2s, but that sound doesn't suit everybody. For example I'm certainly not intending this to speak ill of Insider9, but when he heard the EB2s he found the sound to be a bit of a culture shock. So we're all different.
My current system is more revealing and has much greater clarity than anything I have ever before owned, and is as enjoyable to listen to as anything I've ever before owned. But with that said, I have owned systems in the past which were several leagues removed from my current system in terms of proficiency, yet at the time I enjoyed listening to them just as much as my current system. Springing to mind straight away is the system I built more than two decades ago around a Technics SL-P777 CD player, Kenwood KA-5020 amplifier and some Tannoy 607 loudspeakers. I might listen to it now and think "Jesus what did I see in this", but at the time I enjoyed it just as much as my current system, and that's by far the most important thing.
Do I like accuracy / true fidelity and is that what I'm aiming for? I like to think so. But really I don't know. Accuracy is an intangible goal because I don't think we've ever clearly defined what so-called 'accurate' systems are actually accurate to.
For example, in terms of tonal balance, I like midrange clarity more than the absolute deepest bass or the sparkliest treble. When I buy new equipment I get a great amount of satisfaction from listening to old familiar songs and tracks and hearing new details or nuances I hadn't heard before. It was definitely the main reason I was so in love with the EB2s, but that sound doesn't suit everybody. For example I'm certainly not intending this to speak ill of Insider9, but when he heard the EB2s he found the sound to be a bit of a culture shock. So we're all different.
My current system is more revealing and has much greater clarity than anything I have ever before owned, and is as enjoyable to listen to as anything I've ever before owned. But with that said, I have owned systems in the past which were several leagues removed from my current system in terms of proficiency, yet at the time I enjoyed listening to them just as much as my current system. Springing to mind straight away is the system I built more than two decades ago around a Technics SL-P777 CD player, Kenwood KA-5020 amplifier and some Tannoy 607 loudspeakers. I might listen to it now and think "Jesus what did I see in this", but at the time I enjoyed it just as much as my current system, and that's by far the most important thing.
Do I like accuracy / true fidelity and is that what I'm aiming for? I like to think so. But really I don't know. Accuracy is an intangible goal because I don't think we've ever clearly defined what so-called 'accurate' systems are actually accurate to.