I can see why some people don't like revealing systems for rock, but I always prefer neutrality (while still retaining musicality), it can just take some getting used to.
My dunlavy's are ruthless compared to my B&W's and some people think B&W's are overly neutral! The dunlavy's give you ever speaker cone distortion from an amp amd every rattle from a string while the B&W's are a little more cohesive with more of a mid-bass bump. The things that takes getting used to is how some of the older recordings especially certain rock stuff that was mixed on altec 604's, just really changes a lot on a revealing system. But that resolution is also addictive and I find myself not caring what speakers I hear chuck berry on. He's still great and the players are still great. The recordings reveals strange things but to me nothing gets in the way of music except bloaty or harsh colorations. Many tube products do this and I am with doug on not dialing sweetness into the system.
There is a line where a system becomes unmusical, but i find if it is unmusical it is usually not reproducing music the way it was heard by the microphones.
Some people find certain things musical that are really not very neutral and these things strike first and bug you later. wilson speakers come to mind, but to each their own.
My dunlavy's are ruthless compared to my B&W's and some people think B&W's are overly neutral! The dunlavy's give you ever speaker cone distortion from an amp amd every rattle from a string while the B&W's are a little more cohesive with more of a mid-bass bump. The things that takes getting used to is how some of the older recordings especially certain rock stuff that was mixed on altec 604's, just really changes a lot on a revealing system. But that resolution is also addictive and I find myself not caring what speakers I hear chuck berry on. He's still great and the players are still great. The recordings reveals strange things but to me nothing gets in the way of music except bloaty or harsh colorations. Many tube products do this and I am with doug on not dialing sweetness into the system.
There is a line where a system becomes unmusical, but i find if it is unmusical it is usually not reproducing music the way it was heard by the microphones.
Some people find certain things musical that are really not very neutral and these things strike first and bug you later. wilson speakers come to mind, but to each their own.