Does hearing the best in high end audio make your opinions more valid?

AAhhh Geoff, up early and at it this morning?  It seems today promises to be another installment of the stratification of the true audiophiles, the Rolls set if you will, versus the rest of us, the Chevy set.  That whole discussion seems kind of 80's in and of itself.

Oh, my! Looks like I touched a nerve. 🤗

The sound you LIKE is almost certainly not the same thing as the sound you WANT. That’s because our IDEAL of what great sound should be, the one in our head, keeps changing. Nobody, well, besides Jitter and Glupson, strives to recapture the magic of their youth in the 80s or whenever. There is no glass ceiling.

Given that all the music we hear through the electronic systems is essentially fake and heavily processed, it makes it easier to admit the sound you want is the sound you like.

In case anyone is interested in getting the sound an actual musician listened to at home, Dual 1225 would be a good starting point. They often came with Shure cartridges, M 75 I think but may be wrong.