The music made by a stereo is still in the physical realm. No metaphysics needed.
The difference between the mechanical performanc, and the sublime is in the subtle interplay of the music.
Lost in some systems. there in others (whether expensive or not)
So to me it is can the system display the very fragile, subtle bits needed by our brains to confer the illusion of beauty. Rather than the fact of noises good or bad.
Kind of like Glen Miller, no matter how good a musician.. He could not 'swing' if his life depended on it.
Some systems just do not have 'it'.
The difference between the mechanical performanc, and the sublime is in the subtle interplay of the music.
Lost in some systems. there in others (whether expensive or not)
So to me it is can the system display the very fragile, subtle bits needed by our brains to confer the illusion of beauty. Rather than the fact of noises good or bad.
Kind of like Glen Miller, no matter how good a musician.. He could not 'swing' if his life depended on it.
Some systems just do not have 'it'.