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In Reply to: I'm hearing no hash in the all-important middle octaves posted by peppy m. on April 7, 2022 at 11:39:17:
Everything is in comparison to something else and almost no one makes completely "fair" comparisons.
1) Auditioned in the same room with the same gear
2) Auditioned at the same volume
3) Auditioned with the same music
4) Auditioned blind and bias-free.
#4 is kind of important because I have been to audio shows where the dealer or manufacturer sits too close - is too pushy - has bad breath - says things that are technically impossible - comes across as cultish - or is a boorish lout. Now, it takes a lot to then be completely objective about what you are hearing when you have a negative view of the dealer - not least of which is true if you hate the company based on forum discussions.
1 matters because the speaker may not perform as well with perhaps inferior front-end gear or the room is more conducive to one speaker over the other. Indeed, I had two speakers ranked dead last at one show and ranked 1-2 at the next (YG Acoustics and MBL) - the latter is understandable to a degree being Omnidirectional so the room is quite important.
3 matters because some rooms play only audiophile approved Diana Krall recordings and some rooms play the music that they like which may be a 1950s noisy LP. If the music played suits your music taste chances are you will like the room more than another playing something you don't like.
When I went to audio dealers I made appointments to spend the entire day there and made comparisons in the same room with controlled volume. But I bought from them so they knew I would not spend the day and then buy it online for less.
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