How much reality do you really need?

“Music is not sound, this is an illusion; music is through sound, this is reality»-“
Beautifully put.
Now apply that to sound reproduction.

The real question to the audiophile  is, “how much reality do you need” to enjoy your system?

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ZERO for me. I really don't care what anyone intended to be heard. I'm only concerned in what I like to hear.  I'm under no obligation to reproduce what someone else was trying to do..

Think of Yoko Ono. Wouldn't you TRY to change that convergence of unholy noise?

Holy water required BEFORE and AFTER a needle drop or push the play button.. :-)

Purest I'M 100% opposed too, "Run what ya brung" kind of guy.. plain and simple.. No tone control..

Not me!  I like tone control at the Preamp (remote access too) DSP for the bass (again adjustable from the seated position) and a tube EQ for the whole monitor section. THAT, I have to get up for.. PITA too..

gravel, gravel, mumble, mumble.. LOL

MY REALITY is fine, yours, maybe not.. "The Matrix"

Regards

dweller

" However, in my reality, I see blue and call it blue. You see (my) red and call it blue. There is no way to prove this is not happening."

I would ask: "does this matter and if so, why?" 

With enough distance from the movie (or audio) one can suspend belief and truly get immersed. But once you start to try to get too close, it becomes an issue that you're not really immersed. Ironically, distance leads to more immersion than simulation does. See: "And lastly, the question of immersion. 3D films remind the audience that they are in a certain "perspective" relationship to the image. It is almost a Brechtian trick. Whereas if the film story has really gripped an audience they are "in" the picture in a kind of dreamlike "spaceless" space. So a good story will give you more dimensionality than you can ever cope with." https://www.rogerebert.com/roger-ebert/why-3d-doesnt-work-and-never-will-case-closed

We'll let you know when we get there!