The joys of mid-fi

@ghdprentice  , you and I are listening in way different ball parks; for example, I know that your speakers cost more than my entire system would MSRP for.  And I have seen pictures of your room.

With that out of the way, even though it is not the minute detail and etc that you listen for when you play a LP or a CD, if your system was not capable of reproducing  that and much more (such as the reproduction of sound stage and imaging and the air surrounding a solo) would you miss all of that and would it still suck you into the performance the way that I am sure it currently does?

KLH 6 speakers, Dyna 70 amp and Dyna PAS3X preamp, Rega Planar 3 turntable, Rotel CD player.

Excellent mid-fi system.

Yes, very nice system. I had to admit defeat to hi-end in 2006. Even though I still work at it, you see my system page has not changed since 2006. That’s is because I have not found any major improvement worth mentioning.

Hope you have better luck.

- Good and bad recordings sound better on hifi rigs than midfi rigs. One will need some peq, etc to salvage the poor recordings just a bit. These type of threads typically originate from guys who’ve deprived themselves of all necessary tools (while they pursued the "purity") and limited themselves to a tiny audiophile playlist.

- if one’s buying recordings of untalented, boneheaded artists just because the recording is good....such lousy gearheads have always been a waste of time (lousy dudes)..

@immatthewj

If I understand your comment. Yes, all that detail must be there, we agree on that. My comment centers around proportionality between different sounds. I have heard many systems where, say the cymbles stuck out like a solo instrument, when in fact it was intended to be just one component… or a key for celebration is hearing someone move their foot on the floor. 

Seating is importantly at a symphony. My seats are 7th row center and the microphones for recording are over my head.