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In Reply to: RE: Your words, not mine. posted by Don Till on November 01, 2009 at 08:09:56
"Indeed, and as we move on it's assumed we are all in agreement with the conclusion as forwarded - ie. that the Benchmark does indeed sound worse than the others. "
I do not agree, preferring a rolled-off (read equalised response) ala Ayre and the Wavelength is a matter of preference and subjective judgement rather than an objective qualitative assessment. The issue dovetails into a point I have made repeatedly on this board, why do folks presume that their preference would always be for accurate sound? And when they come to the realisation that they prefer their music with a bit of engineered distortion give flimsy reasons for why they think measurements do not tell the whole story? The reasons audiophiles give for preferring various forms of distortion are tortuous at best. Tone controls and equalisers were once ubiquitous for very valid reasons. These tools have largely disappeared yet audiophiles go to ridiculous lengths to achieve what's effectively an equalised response in all but name.
"Truth of the matter, for the conversation to move on with any relevance whatsoever, we should be in agreement on this point."
The conversation has already moved on and folks are already chiming in with their opinions.
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