Feel vs. Think - take an objective look...

If you apply thought, or think about what you buy, then you will own Sony or like, and perhaps as high end as Best Buy's JBL or Klipsch.

How is it we all arrived here? Something moved us. The sound of some systems is better than others but hey they measure the same. So if you think they are equal, but if you listen you will likely feel that one is a clear choice over the other hence you "feel the music" more readily or what ever it is you hear.

Listen to a pair of Maggies vs a pair of Klipsch, on paper they produce similiar charts but--- they sure sound very different don't they.

So what we are left with is feel.

Define love, how do you feel about some one!

My point is made, what your realy not getting is with reviewers it's his opinion. Do you agree with his points of veiw or not. For me usually not.

M. Fremer on vinyl I tend to agree with more than not, and thats about as close as it gets to a reviewer.

So cheer up and quit analyzing so much and go flip a disc.

loontoon

After reading this thread & the responses, I reread the review I just wrote on Luminous Audio Synchestra Silver Refs just four threads below this one. Didn't even think about the "think vs. feel" conundrum, rather wrote more what I heard & the accompanying feeling it left me with. I wrote my review purely as a home stereo owner, wishing to let others know I've found a great cable with no financial gain to realize from increased sales by virtue of a positive review. I'm sure not all reviewers write from this perspective & would think your comments are geared towards the *for profit* crowd. The only reason I mention the review I just wrote is simply because I just wrote it & used "I think" & "I feel" in it. I'm not writing this as a defense of my review, rather as a comment on your observations. That actually sounds defensive but words w/o the accompanying feeling are just words & you have to read between the lines.

With that said, your comments probably have merit in regards to some of what you've brought up. As you and many others know, you could dissect just about anything you read & the writer could justify anything he writes, so it's a matter of being able to sift through the minutia.

You bring up an interesting point of view & I'm sure for anyone who reads this thread, they'll pay attention to this for a while, I think.

Loontune says it well.

Again, buy on feelings.....justified by fact.