My goal in this hobby is to have a great time listening!
I don't pursue "the absolute sound" for the sole sake of it. If 90% of the stuff I played sounded bad, I'd be VERY unhappy, and consider the sound of my system to be poor. When I go to listen to music, it can be joyous, sensual, moving, whatever, but I rarely enjoy things if the sound is "bad".
While people tell me that the best aspects of my system are the sound staging and "accuracy" - whatever "accuracy" is, I go for enjoyment and let the chips fall where they may. Others are welcome to listen to test tones, etc., but music just plain sounds better to me.
I don't pursue "the absolute sound" for the sole sake of it. If 90% of the stuff I played sounded bad, I'd be VERY unhappy, and consider the sound of my system to be poor. When I go to listen to music, it can be joyous, sensual, moving, whatever, but I rarely enjoy things if the sound is "bad".
While people tell me that the best aspects of my system are the sound staging and "accuracy" - whatever "accuracy" is, I go for enjoyment and let the chips fall where they may. Others are welcome to listen to test tones, etc., but music just plain sounds better to me.