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How much reality do you really need?

The real question to the audiophile  is, “how much reality do you need” to enjoy your system? Does it have to be close to an exact match?  How close before your satisfied?  Pursuing that ideal seems to be the ultimate goal of the audiophile.
The element of your imagination has to come into the equation, or you’ll drive yourself mad.  You have to fill in part of the experience with your mind.
But this explains the phenomenon of “upgraditis.”
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clearthinker
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Some posters here have the correct answer to this simple question:

There can be no reality.  An event cannot be reproduced with total precision, not least because it is being reproduced at a different time.

A system should seek to reproduce accurately what is on the recording.  The recording exists in the time it is being played.

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mijostyn
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GO MAX!!
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mijostyn
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Mahgister, I do not spend my time analyzing you every word. What I can say for certain if you think you can come up with an "absolute sound" system for $500?...... God bless.
jdoris
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+1 erik_squires

If one makes a decision to not listen at "realistic" or "concert" volume one has already decided to "depart reality."

Similarly, I guess, if one prefers to have recordings without people coughing, talking, or ordering a beer.

Is the aspiration for sound in one's listening room really to replicate the sound in a studio, concert hall, or bar?

Or is there some other "reality" one should aspire to?



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