Maybe your friends are so accustomed to artificial-sounding playback they can't appreciate a more realistic-sounding setup.
I had some friends over for a listen to my system, and they were so accustomed to that artificial resonance at 150-200 Hz--something common to most cheap systems--that my more linear system sounded weird to them. But their point of reference was their own cheap stereos, not reality.
I had some friends over for a listen to my system, and they were so accustomed to that artificial resonance at 150-200 Hz--something common to most cheap systems--that my more linear system sounded weird to them. But their point of reference was their own cheap stereos, not reality.