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It's no use, Chris...

A valiant effort, Chris.

I sensed the problem right at the beginning. The problem is that this hobby is not only about audio logic, at least to some people. Scott has found his way. Gordon Holt and other have found theirs...

The "Hi" in Hi-fi might be said to refer the degree of effort some of us put into dealing with the audio equation in an "objective" manner. I think that, in order to be objective at all, you need to have some kind of an absolute reference along with the tools necessary to dig that reference out from it's resting place. I, for one, think that it is not possible to be 100% objective. But if we try really, really hard I think that we can be *mostly objective* - at least much of the time. I believe that our senses alone can (if we let them) provide us with a awful lot of objectively "accurate" information.

And so, I believe that we can build a fairly "accurate" sounding system. If we set up a decent pair of speakers properly in an appropriate room, I think that it is possible to hear what a truly good recording was MEANT to sound like - with a high degree of "accuracy". Good recordings are made for good speaker systems, and visa-versa.

We can, by trying hard and using decent tools, get usefully close to Holt's Hi-Fi ideal. "Hi-fi" can (and often does) have more than one *reference*. It NEEDS *at least* one reference. Not all references are created equal though, IMO.

I believe that the search for "aesthetics" in Hi-Fi is mostly tied up with the search for excellent record playback. Let the record speak for itself (as much as possible). Add a bit your own aesthetic sense via system tweaking (if you want to) as if it is the frosting on the cake, not as if it is part of the cake itself.

In the end this is only audio, thankfully. None of this mucky muddoo matters that much at all, really. I'm sure Scott has a blast when he listens to music, more power to him.



Edits: 07/30/15 07/30/15 07/30/15 07/30/15 07/30/15 07/30/15

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