Here's a though experiment for you, @prof (if you're reading this):
Let's say you pick up a top notch recording of _____ (take your pick: Kind of Blue; Beethoven's Grosse Fugue; Morton Feldman's Trio; Workingman's Dead; Joni Mitchell's Blue; Aja; or maybe something that *you* actually like). I'm thinking of something ambitious, precise, and not too busy/loud. You pour a glass of something warming, sit down, and listen. Which speakers?
Let's say you pick up a top notch recording of _____ (take your pick: Kind of Blue; Beethoven's Grosse Fugue; Morton Feldman's Trio; Workingman's Dead; Joni Mitchell's Blue; Aja; or maybe something that *you* actually like). I'm thinking of something ambitious, precise, and not too busy/loud. You pour a glass of something warming, sit down, and listen. Which speakers?