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I don't think we're disagreeing exactly

or at least not much. Certainly we're in agreement that the goal of a sound system should be to accurately reproduce what's on the software, even if it sounds bad. But I guess I am taking issue with the argument that the most basic acoustic measurements--accurate frequency and phase response, etc.--can fully characterize a listening experience. I'm not yet convinced, as you are, that those basic measurements tell the whole story. But even if they do, there's a whole other side to what we hear. You can get the sound waves perfect and it'll still sound different from day to day, depending on what you had for breakfast that morning, your degree of conscious focus on the music (more not necessarily being better)--or whatever.

Jim

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