How competitive are you with your system?

@kennyc 

i sometimes wonder just how my system ranks with other systems, although I’m very happy with the sound I have — think it’s among the best I’ve ever heard. 
 It’s interesting that the majority of the many people answering the question claim they are not competitive.  Why do they bother responding to this thread if it didn’t occur to them at some point how others’ systems sounded.

Is it not " How System Curious Are You? " in place of 

" How competitive are you with your system? "

I stand by the notion it is curiosity that has been the underlying character trait that has led me to discover and experience a large range of audio systems and as a result at certain time have made extremely influential experiences.

toddalin   --- Mihorn has shown my case. 

  -- Here is the direct transfer:  ttps://youtu.be/CoOp12ayIVg

  -- And wavetouch version: https://youtu.be/lM-vtW-bygs

Ignore soundstage/imaging/separation.  These are not comparable unless close-up micing is used and even then the playback equipment may not support it for what it is in the room.

Where did the bass go??? Where did the harmonics go? Why does it now sound "boxed in" and not open?

Hello,  

The purpose of hi-end audio is recreating the original music. My system recreates the orig music faithfully. My room isn't recording studio. So, my video includes the sound of my room (with minimal acoustic treatment).

My system consists same simple gears at shows and at home for videos. The Show 2021  Microphones in my recording are 6ft from speakers. You can see in this which I speak and record music non-stop. 

Where the bass go? My speakers woofer is 5.25" and goes down to 44hz (-6db) and I like it. When I want more bass, a sub can be added easily - 2024 audio show (w/sub). 

Sound boxed in? Not open? - my system sounds the most neutral, open and cleaner than any system in the world. 

My system's sound-stage and images (especially mid-range) are the most life-like. Compare Wavetouch vs. others below. Every ears are different. You might like different from my liking. Alex/Wavetouch audio

Original - FINK

Wavetouch audio - FINK 

Focal - FINK ,   Thiel - FINK ,  PMC - FINK ,  Montemer Horn-FINK ,  Avantgarde -FINK

@mihorn 

In the YouTube listening exercise laid out in your above post, the recording of the Thiel 3.7 sounds closest to the Original, followed by the recording of the Avantgarde.

For what it's worth.

At the risk of belaboring the obvious, I'm not sure it is worthwhile to compare lossy audio of different systems recorded in different rooms by different people with different recording devices and different recording skills; however, the sonic differences between the various videos are striking.

I let the sound of my systems speak for themselves. I never hesitate to let others hear their sound qualities, which can be discerned even through audio recordings of them embedded in YouTube videos. In my head, I know where their sound quality ranks & how it compares to others systems I have heard and it is always, in the words of the great Bad Brains, “I Against I”.