Testing your system

When I sit listening with my eyes closed and find myself smiling and/or tapping my toe, that’s the best test of my system.

Yes, the music is paramount. But it has to sound good. My breakthrough was when I realized that everything sounded great on the system. The days of only seeking out the best recordings on the quietest vinyl were over. Particularly striking are 50s and 60s recordings. It took a while to get here. It’s a small yet significant achievement.

@noromance 

Yes, I’ve had the same experience as you, even down to the love of 50s and 60s recordings.

[Intro]
Oh
Can you hear me now?
Can you hear me now?
Can you hear me now?
Can you hear me now?
Yeeeh (oh)
Am I coming through?
Am I coming through?
Is this sweet and pure and true?
[Chorus]
Oh, are you hearing me
Like I'm hearing you?
Oh, are you hearing me
Like I'm hearing you?

....excerpts from The Test; The Chemical Brothers...

Although based upon 'another sort of experience', presently coming back into...

....well, 'application' v. 'popularity' would be more 'correct', but....given current circumstances perhaps not totally surprising.....😒

...music as an hatch, marked Escape.....

At some point in the search for 'audio Nirvanna', a well tuned system stops being a reproduction of a recording and becomes a musical performance in and of itself.