pratnoun (præt ) slang. incompetent or ineffectual person, a fool. Derogatory.
Accurately describes a fair segment of the audiophile community <weep>
IF someone speaks of the timing of a component, RUN, don’t walk away.
Systems have timing. Components only add or subtract from the overall effect. In one system, an amp could be stellar and another, meh. Change cables and reverse the rating.
Beginning with the microphone and continuing all the way through the loudspeakers, EVERY component introduces affects phase. Never forget there are probably two orders of magnitude more electronic stages contributing phase prior to the consumer source material. After that, player, cables, [preamp], amplifier, cables, louspeakers, ROOM.
Line conditions, temperature and load affect power supply phase, which contributes mightily.
Every so often the muses bestow their blessings and permit us to experience rapture.
When it happens, I expect to listen far into the wee hours.