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RE: Your realize that all that comes down to personal preference

Hi Feanor - I have greatly adjusted my views on this and yes it was true that I felt I was right and everyone else is wrong. My view has changed a lot since then to understand what people like in things I don't particularly like.

This is why I spend so much time going out and auditioning all these systems including systems I previously didn't care for.

To be fair what you accuse me of you do yourself - Read your reply to me and see how it comes across. So it's always a jab at SET and every time I read you the underlying message is "SETs are distorted low fi crap." You have come across that way for 20 years to me.

Of course, I still believe I am right - for me. And I will state why I like what I like more than the other system. I am just stating what I hear - Loreena McKennett on my system sounds glorious to me - on the ATC/Parasound it was "I had to turn it off it was so unlistenable" - That's just the way it was when I auditioned it.

I do not want to speak for Steve Hoffman - As I often note - a mastering engineer may be hired to work in a studio that already has its own equipment so they use what they are given. Bob Hodus hates B&W loudspeakers but he was hired to do a job at Abbey Road and that's what they use so tough luck. You use what they give you.

Steve bought a second pair of AN Es that he now uses in his mastering studio as well. But that wasn't really the point - the point which I failed to get across was systems used for cross-purposes. Some systems like the ATC may in fact be more hi-fi or more accurate in a technical sense but less enjoyable to listen to music.

Perhaps an analogy would be like a Ferrari sports car that will handle far better than a Lexus ES350 and thus you can argue the Ferrari is "more accurate" in handling and a superior driver's car than the Lexus but chances are if you are going to drive across Canada say around 5000km road trip - the Ferrari may be better but your ass is going to enjoy the Lexus ride more (all day driveable ahem listenable) versus the Ferrari for an hour and you need a chiropractor.



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