GMA Callisto VS. Merlin TSM

I find this issue of making all of one's recordings sound good very interesting. It is something I look for in components, but probably would not were I a reviewer or designer. However, I don't think about it as making poor recordings sound good, which could be an exercise in covering up. Rather, I think of it as extracting and communicating all the music from all my recordings. Systems that only sound good with the best recordings lead to music collections that are heavy on Brazilian female vocalists accompanied by acoustic guitars and shakers. Puke.

hi drubin,
if you take a speaker that has flaws or a character of its own and combine that with a flawed recording and those flaws are embellished, you can end up with a mess. but if you take a flawed recording and play it through a neutral and accurate design, then the faults can become more listenable and the music can then be appreciated. that is the point. no one is trying to make a speaker that covers up faults.
and bombaywalla,
i specifically used a very soft tone so nothing could ever be taken as mud slinging and because i am a gentleman, i do not ever do this as a rule unless provoked and that rarely happens. i have respect for gma products and will not say anything against them.
so why not leave a man alone who is enjoying his new purchase instead of grinding away at him. he said he was offended already, what does that tell you.
here i am sticking up for my customer and not his speakers.
regards,
bobby

hi drubin,
if you take a speaker that has flaws or a character of its own and combine that with a flawed recording and those flaws are embellished, you can end up with a mess. but if you take a flawed recording and play it through a neutral and accurate design, then the faults can become more listenable and the music can then be appreciated. that is the point. no one is trying to make a speaker that covers up faults.
and bombaywalla,
i specifically used a very soft tone so nothing could ever be taken as mud slinging and because i am a gentleman, i do not ever do this as a rule unless provoked and that rarely happens. i have respect for gma products and will not say anything against them.
so why not leave a man alone who is enjoying his new purchase instead of grinding away at him. he said he was offended already, what does that tell you.
here i am sticking up for my customer and not his speakers.
regards,
bobby

Bobby, that mud-slinging comment was not aimed at you by any chance! Just wanted to be clear.
My post was aimed at making songwriter's comments clear as it seems that they were being miscontrued. Your last post has said the same thing in your own words. Thanks again for re-iterating.
I agree w/ you w.r.t. leaving the man alone to enjoy his purchase. I would not have re-entered the thread but did so when I saw the misinterpretation of sonwriter's comments.
Well, what do you know.......you got Drubin again playing doubting-Thomas & taking the same tack as some other members posting before him!!!! what, do these guys just don't want to understand???

What? Why do you say that about me Bombaywalla? I was merely offering up another way to say what songwriter is saying, and what I think Bobby is saying, in response to Minbean's position.