[Harry Lavo]

"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"avidlistener" wrote in message
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Arny Krueger wrote:
"avidlistener" wrote in message
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Getting the most accurate reproduction possible, through
equipment that measures properly, connected to speakers
that add as little distortion as possible, (and face it
this is where most distortion is generated) in a
properly set up room,

OR

Simply picking out equipment that gives you what you
believe the music should sound like according to your
own criteria, preference, biases, and emotions?

Why would these necessarily be in conflict?

There is no right answer, since the end goal is to make
the listener happy when playing one's favorite
recordings.

Oh, a rhetorical post.

They don't have to be, they just seem to be quite often.

Mostly in people's minds.

There seems to be two groups of audiophiles, one devoted
to measured accuracy and one that doesn't care about
measured performance, only about an emotional connection.

For the vast majority of people, there is a fairly strong connection
between the two.

As I said, both are perfectly good reasons for choosing
equipment, and probably the lines cross very often.

There's considerable evidence that poor measured performance = bad sound
that almost nobody likes.

Fairly strong statements, Arny, presented as facts, not opinions. Your
supporting evidence?