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Perfectionist Audio

Approximately when did listening to music at home in high fidelity become the "pursuit of perfectionist audio"? I recently saw that phrase in an issue of TAS and it encapsulated what many audiophiles are doing. I just remember that at one point people just wanted good/better/best sound and I don't think the pursuit of perfection entered into the thinking. My memory could be faulty, but that's how I remember it.
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Bottom line? Follow the Money.
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I am NOMAD!

Recordings are imperfect. Audio gear is imperfect. Hearing is imperfect.

That which is imperfect must be sterilized!!!!

Sterilize imperfections! Sterilize......

Rumour is the Enterprise D holodeck had great sound. Still imperfect though. Nomad would have sterilized it if it had not already been destroyed in Star Trek "Generations".
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Sterilize...
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My favorite utterance from NOMAD was:
"I Must Reevaluate" Chilling words to the Captain.
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Hang on. Let's put things in perspective here. It's not that I'm dissatisfied. Some people collect spoons. There's only a couple pieces I'm not happy with. I don't listen to the same few CDs over and over either. Nor am I constantly tweaking. Thousands of dollars on adjustments is not minor. Rolling gear is a lot more fun. I only have one set of ICs and speaker cable. But I'm about to try out my new Bedini Analog Vector Spacial Processor I picked up on the Bay. I just got off the phone a little while ago with Gary at Bedini who informed me this thing is one of a few prototypes that got away. Apparently with this, you "can" walk around the room and identify point source imaging in space. You are right inside the stereo image. So now the fun begins all over again.
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