Turntable versus tonearm versus cartridge: which is MOST important?

''The terror of grammar''? Each comparison imply relational 
context:  ''x is better, larger, etc, than y'', But the grammar
force you to put this relation in ''x is P'' grammar form . That
is  ascribing some property to the object x. We don't say 
''Peter is bigger than than Gorge'' but ''Peter is big'' and
'' Gorge is small''. This way  we get ''big Greek Populos''
loosing his ''property big'' in, say , Holland in which he become
'' small''  because the  Dutch are the longest people in the world.
Such ''riddles '' of course also apply to analogue comparisons
between components. 

If the assertions (premise) are not true then deduced statements
from those assertion also can't  be true. Assertion formulated
in the simple ''S is P'' form ( ''subject is predicate'') can hardly
be sufficient base for  correct reasoning. Relational statement
can't be put in terms of ''properties of individual objects''. Those
are implicated by analogy with statements about individual
objects. 

Value judgments  are not ''truth-functional''. That is to say there is no

question about truth or falsity involved. To put this otherwise ''values

are cultural  determined''.  So not universal. A typical example of

difference between ''nature'' and '' nurture''. Trying to get consensus

about whatever component is trying to avoid the issue. Compare Chines

opera   with Mozart or Bach to get ''the picture''.