How do you add color?

To the canonical factors associated with music , Edgar Choueiri the genius in acoustic, added the spatial factors , which now we can use in recording DSP and -playback system with his BACCH filters...

Canonical musical factors : pitch, timbre, texture, volume/ dynamics, attack/duration/decay, melody, rhythm, and form.

Spatial factors : Reverb; Envelopment; Depth & Proximity; Spatial Extent & Resolution; Motion; Spatial Modulation; and Spatial Segregation.

This speak about the sound and the soundfield relation to be way more than just about  what audiophiles speaking about gear called "colors"...

Acoustics is the key and the road in audio not the gear which is only the vehicle and tool ....

Acoustics is the sleeping princess, your ears/brain is the kissing prince and the gear components are the 7 working dwarves...

I think that a couple of you misunderstood what I said. I wasn't suggesting that certain speakers or electronics add timbre or texture. I was saying that the best ones expose the timbre and texture that actually exists in the recording. It's not an added coloration.

Very well said...

I think that a couple of you misunderstood what I said. I wasn't suggesting that certain speakers or electronics add timbre or texture. I was saying that the best ones expose the timbre and texture that actually exists in the recording. It's not an added coloration.

@lalitk -- well, I do hold you partly responsible for my affliction :)

But in all seriousness, listening to your well-thought out, well-put together system was a great learning experience for me. I had listened to several systems at various dealers but yours really provided a guiding light in my quest for a better system. Some systems impress you, some pull you in with their musicality. Yours is certainly a great example of the latter.

@hilde45 I have also been told by a good friend that 6SN7 based preamps are the way to go. I'll be researching a few preamps and will definitely keep this in mind.