How good is your hearing ? And how do you know ?

I run tidal through an old Sansui 1000a with diapason adamantes and it sounds pretty good. Many of my high end audiophiles love the warm full sound. Many can’t believe that a 55 yr old receiver can sound so good with modern digital technology. 

I am not against compensation if it works and if you know what you are doing.

As I age, its the loses that really hurt.  The loss of friends, of family, of bike riding 50 miles, of the ability to retain thought or using the word that I knew so well but can't recollect ... the loss of secure balance the loss of a successful day at work...  but the loss of acute hearing is a particularly hard loss.   I still know music, but the magic of the separation of instruments, depth perception, the cleanliness of a triangle is just not there.  Live today, for tomorrow is a different place.

Stringreen, great post, man.

How many of you speak more than one language fluently ? Try to translate and you will see that it will never be good enough, even relatively close languages. Not dialects, that's different. And that is analog into analog translation. Try to translate poetry and you will see even more clearly. I read many books in two languages, translations varied from pretty good to ridiculous, never good enough.
Musicians often don't have great set-up because for them it is all far from real. They can listen to boombox just for outlines and ideas. Besides, they are already musicians.