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In the Forum: Playback Listening
In the Thread: Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV)
Post Subject: AppreciationPosted by Paul S on: 5/7/2026
Easy to loop through the Aesthetics vs. Level 1 vs. Music "relationship", which is in quotes because the "amounts and proportions of each aspect" are variable, in terms of what we are talking about, in individual cases. If there are "no aesthetics" involved, then - literally - nothing matters. Of course, this is not what we're talking about. Imagine a car radio with poor AM reception. How bad does it have to get before "the Music is gone"? If there are "no level 1 demands", then no need to read here. If there are, what are they? That's where personal aesthetics can serve as a guide in building a system. The fact that our technical knowledge and implementation are wanting makes it "interesting". The idea of what Romy said about buyer's remorse is also true, and there might be many and variable reasons for it, along the lines of the first sentence of this post. Lying to oneself is common enough, for Myriad reasons, and no reason hi-fi would be exempt from this. Just thickens the goo we can get stuck in.
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