If you want real - not that you can have it - you need dynamics. That leads in one direction. Foe speakers and amps.
Some go in another, with the fast effortless acceleration of electrostatics.
As for amps, I found the ARC VT100MKII sounded very good and kept me happy for years, but I got so much more out of the NuForce 9.02s in terms of lack of bloom (which I would call compression, not bloom, even at reasonable levels) and corresponding dynamic swing, that I went with the NuForces.
But the "High Fidelity" logic above is tainted. All cars that go 150MPH are not the same. Same with "High Fidelity."
Bob Wood
http://www.GreatHomeTheater.com/stereo.html
Some go in another, with the fast effortless acceleration of electrostatics.
As for amps, I found the ARC VT100MKII sounded very good and kept me happy for years, but I got so much more out of the NuForce 9.02s in terms of lack of bloom (which I would call compression, not bloom, even at reasonable levels) and corresponding dynamic swing, that I went with the NuForces.
But the "High Fidelity" logic above is tainted. All cars that go 150MPH are not the same. Same with "High Fidelity."
Bob Wood
http://www.GreatHomeTheater.com/stereo.html