Magico M9 The new 'norm' in speakers

@edgewear You bring up an interesting point. As your system gets more and more resolving and accurate, you will unfortunately hear more of the recording, warts and all. Since the vast majority of recorded music is done so poorly, you are now stuck listening to only the best recordings in order to fully enjoy the music. BUT if you are trying to re-create as close as possible to the sound of real 'live' unamplified instruments in your home, this is one of the downsides of that goal, IMHO.

@daveyf, these extreme speaker designs seem to prove you can go too far in the quest for ultra high resolution. If you are in this hobby to enjoy music of all sorts you’re looking in the wrong direction. The aim for highest resolution turns into an extremily complex balancing act, which can be very easily disturbed. This explains the endless serial upgrading, audio nervosa and other audio related mental states. It’s a dead end, unless you enjoy sitting in front of a million dollar system and two dozen recordings that sound really good. Of course I’m exaggerating, but you get the idea.

In my view this forum should be about building a system that sounds most convincing to you with all types of music you enjoy. Nobody seems to perceive sound exactly the same, so there’s no objective reference to start with. This approach comes down to system synergy tailored to your personal taste, which is one of the fun parts of being an audiophile.

It shouldn’t be about ’whatsbest’, which usually comes down to ’whatsmostexpensive’. In that universe 750k speakers are probably perceived as a new ’norm’. To me it’s just another level of lunacy. But there’s a rich sucker born every day (not minute, I’ll give you that), so there’ll be plenty of demand for these things.

@edgewear  I think that a speaker and a system that is ultra revealing is in fact a major plus. While this system will sound horrible on a lot of poorly recored music, it will also sound amazing on well recorded pieces. Therefore, I believe that one should not be looking to dumb down the system, as you seem to be implying, but instead should be looking to get the best recordings--and encourage the release of these recordings.  

@daveyf no, dump down the system is not what I'm implying. But I am suggesting that reaching for ultimate resolution can interfere with the enjoyment of the music. I look for the best recordings (or pressings) like any audiophile, but at the end of the day the quality of the music itself and/or the performance is most important to me.

Let's face it, there is so much great music in rather mediocre sound quality you will have to make a choice. Build a system that enables you to enjoy most of the music out there, or focus on building a system that will make the very best recordings sound even better. There's no right or wrong here and your idea of the pursuit of happiness will determine that choice, along with the ability and willingness to pay for it all.

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