properly voiced opinion
which is why consumers who seek and chase ’ultimate resolution’ from their rigs at some point realize it is a massively flawed exercise that doesn’t lead to musical satisfaction
imo too many hifi geeks don’t get to hear real live (unamplified or minimally amplified) music - and thus lack the reference for what natural sounding music sounds like
otoh someone who goes to coachella or hears springsteen in the meadowlands amongst 40,000 people and treats that as their live music reference point -- well then chasing ’real and live sounding’ music from their home hifi may well lead them down this primrose path smiling
which is why consumers who seek and chase ’ultimate resolution’ from their rigs at some point realize it is a massively flawed exercise that doesn’t lead to musical satisfaction
imo too many hifi geeks don’t get to hear real live (unamplified or minimally amplified) music - and thus lack the reference for what natural sounding music sounds like
otoh someone who goes to coachella or hears springsteen in the meadowlands amongst 40,000 people and treats that as their live music reference point -- well then chasing ’real and live sounding’ music from their home hifi may well lead them down this primrose path smiling