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I blush for this hobby when people refer to "house sound"

The whole idea of "house sound" is so embarrassing it makes me blush for this hobby.
I laugh imagining a conversation b/w a gear mfg. CEO and his engineering team going something like...

"Okay team, we want this new amp to sound more buttery and less sharp angled! ..And we place a high priority here on the amp conveying the music's rhythm! ..OH! ..And no nasality! ..We hate nasal sound! ..So please get to work on designing this buttery, less-sharp angled, rhythmic, non-nasal amp! ...This is so silly.

The only "house sound" that the electrical engineers at gear companies strive for is to create an amp that amplifies the signal without distortion. ..Anything else is just marketing drivel which, unfortunately, goes unchallenged by the average audiophile.


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