What is "better" sound to you?

[HIFI]

When I am "evaluating" a new piece of gear, I listen to the music still. If it doesn't evoke a response to make the music "better" I pass. I don't listen analytically for any specific thing. I listen to the music.

 

I like the way you word this . . .

 

I think the more analytical I become the easier I miss the emotional envolvement I should be seeking. If I relax, take time I find myself either more envolved or less envolved. At that point I believe, for myself, that there is a value difference, better or worse.

[InfernoSTi]

I like the way you word this . . .

 

I think the more analytical I become the easier I miss the emotional envolvement I should be seeking. If I relax, take time I find myself either more envolved or less envolved. At that point I believe, for myself, that there is a value difference, better or worse.

 

+1

 

I have also found that once I got to a certain level of sound reproduction, I stopped worrying if something would help improve the sound and instead focus on enjoyment of the music.

 

Further, I've long held that our emotional state affects our enjoyment of the music. The old saying that when you're happy, you understand the music and when you're sad, you understand the lyrics is so true for me. Of course it is much more complex (and often more intense) than that and, I believe, interactive when you can connect emotionally to your music being played in your home.

 

Best,

John

[Savage]

 

A controlled reverberant field.

 

There is something you don't often see but a nice one.

 

I'll add a natural sense of harmonics. Not stripped, not overly lit up

[maximum kahuna]

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edit: To paraphrase the Supreme Courts standard for porn or art, I know better when I hear it...

 

 

+1 When I close my eyes and the corners of my mouth turn up and I start smiling....that's good sound.