This last comment is wonderful, and explains why every thread should begin and end with "Let's agree to disagree." I had a friend whose ears stuck out from the side of his head like flaps. His audio system was so rolled off at the top as to beggar description. But if you cupped your hands behind your ears then listened to music, you got a taste of what he was hearing.
Our ears are different, our heads are different, the things that we need, sound vs music, are different. I just picked up some PrimaLuna ProLogue Seven monos. Love them. At the audition, the dealer, who was a recording engineer, preferred the sound of a solid-state amp, because it let him hear detail and engineer stuff. I preferred the PrimaLunas, because all I could think was that the singer has that "jump" factor.
"Music" people shouldn't feel superior to "sound" people, nor should the reverse be true. But like what you like, and love what you love. The trick is listening to, and respecting what someone else likes and loves. Through it all, it makes for much better (and much more helpful) debate.
In other words, we don't need to have someone like what we like. But we would like to have them understand why we like what we like. As long as that happens, it will all make sense.
Our ears are different, our heads are different, the things that we need, sound vs music, are different. I just picked up some PrimaLuna ProLogue Seven monos. Love them. At the audition, the dealer, who was a recording engineer, preferred the sound of a solid-state amp, because it let him hear detail and engineer stuff. I preferred the PrimaLunas, because all I could think was that the singer has that "jump" factor.
"Music" people shouldn't feel superior to "sound" people, nor should the reverse be true. But like what you like, and love what you love. The trick is listening to, and respecting what someone else likes and loves. Through it all, it makes for much better (and much more helpful) debate.
In other words, we don't need to have someone like what we like. But we would like to have them understand why we like what we like. As long as that happens, it will all make sense.