When I was going thru the (year long) process of auditioning speakers, at one shop the salesman asked me if I prefer "analytic" or "musical" speakers. It was an interesting question, one I hadn't thought of in those terms before. My choice was "musical".
I believe that we all hear music differently. Speakers that have the characteristics that are pleasing to your ear, may not be pleasing to mine.
Back in the day, evaluating speakers I used to do that "A/B" comparison, pressing the "clicker" to switch back and forth, frequently during a track. Now I prefer to spend some "quality time" listening to "speaker A", then switch the cabling and do the same for "speaker B". That has given me the opportunity to discover (among other things), how loud a particular speaker needs to be to "come alive".
I believe that we all hear music differently. Speakers that have the characteristics that are pleasing to your ear, may not be pleasing to mine.
Back in the day, evaluating speakers I used to do that "A/B" comparison, pressing the "clicker" to switch back and forth, frequently during a track. Now I prefer to spend some "quality time" listening to "speaker A", then switch the cabling and do the same for "speaker B". That has given me the opportunity to discover (among other things), how loud a particular speaker needs to be to "come alive".