How do you know when a stereo sounds good?

Why are you agreeing with him cleeds when he is one of those who is speaking of measurements?  

@danager what you call an adult conversation is laughable. This entire thread is a joke. The premise was to evoke a conversation leading to testimonials and shilling Teds over priced gear.

There has been no conversation here and it is the same old boring BS.

I will make a contribution for you, buy some decent  cables, some magic elixir for your connectors and you will be in audio heaven.

Yawn…."

Did you stamp your foot when you wrote that?  

Three pages of posts would probably disagree with there is no conversation here and your childish disregard for everyone who did participate with your one word condescending smirk is probably wondering like I am "Who the heck cares whether your bored or not and why if that's how you feel would you think its at all beneficial to the post to add it?"

I don't see a product mentioned in the OPs post.  If I was in a business of providing products to a specialized demographic I'd also want to better understand my clientele.

If cables and elixirs bring you pleasure and that's how gauge your enjoyment great.  That at least moves the conversation instead of detracting from it.

@roxy54 you are in good company. Strange world where measure AND listen are on the fringe middle while the two warring flocks go at each other with blind religious fervor….

The middle is never a fringe.  Vice versa.