How can a system be judged with highly processed, non acoustic music?

We all are free, happily...

But the fact that any audio journey is a free journey dont make it a meaningful one for all of us in the same way....

Capricious taste or habits, or sound obsession, are not acoustic and psycho-acoustic science....

Then underlining our freedom is not an argument against the  recognition of NATURAL instrument timbre here in acoustic and musical judgement nor against the importance of this recognition in musical and acoustic experience....

This the point of the OP argument ...






«Sometimes when you go one step further you are no more free, except like in free fall, this is why informed freedom is the way»-Anonymus Smith

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op

its a hobby for pleasure, so we all do what we like

i personally agree with you, but many many others listen to other types of music with no ’natural’ or original sonic reference (other than the original recording) - but they too are allowed to pursue pleasure/beauty/excitement, so whatever music reproduction they find pleasurable is what it is... as well as the journey of how they get there

I feel the same way.  There's a time and a place for most types of music, but system or component evaluation via listening tests is all but useless using heavily processed, heavily layered, electronically generated sounds.  

Jay's amplifier thread is all about evaluation/analysis.

I have come to enjoy Jay's thread and videos. This thread was inspired by my repeated request that he use acoustic, little processed content.
Even with his use of digital only, his high quality playback system will surely reveal significant and pronounced differences between components best with acoustic music. 

@sebrof 

+ 1

dont understand why everything in this hobby has to be over analyzed 

I just listen to the music I like to listen to and see if it sounds good.
I try not to overthink things.

You are dead right...

People dont know that music is not physical  sound but  sounds recognized  and fully interprated to be "music"  by our brain...

Musical or voices timbre with the less processing possible  are the ONLY way to judge a system...

Most people judge gear in a non acoustically treated room, but each room  must be treated for each specific system anyway to be a valid environment and a fair one, able to translate the S.Q. potential of the gear in  "musical" recognizable voices and timbre instrument in this specific room ..

Why?
Isn't that special.