You know more than you think. Flat sounds awful, way too brite and no bass.
@rsf507 ,
I am a bit of a socialist in that regard. The money that gets spent on luxury HiFi should be spent on subsidizing private grade schools. There are many amplifiers that are sonically as good or better than any Boulder Amp. An amplifier does not need a $10,000 CNC machined chassis to sound good. Same goes for speakers.
No, I am not going to tell people what to buy. It is still a free country, at least up until 3:39 today.
That was me with the tongue in cheek comment.
People could easily see me as "inherently dissatisfied." As you suggest this may be true for some, but I look at it as a challenge, making a system sound the way I want, then doing it reliably. The only time I look at it negatively is when something fucks up or blows up.