Interesting Sean -- strange though it may be, I remember the "pleasant" surprises. Maybe because I relegate the "mediocre" to the back of my mind and I don't remember the atrocious... A recent "mediocre" system was an all Quad system (pre, powerx2, cdp, 9's). I have NO idea what was amiss in the set-up -- but s/thing obviously was. The combo was SLOW (unbelievable w/ those speakers); I remember cellos sounding like electric bass, lack of upper extension... boom-tizz galore! And this was demo'ed at the local importer's who also sells grand piano's (so you'd think they had an ear or two for reasonable acoustics!).
But I love the sales rep's part about you being used to coloured sound! By inference, live music, if "alive", is coloured. Ergo: if we wish to come closer to the live event thru our system, we have to choose a "coloured" combo...Cheers
But I love the sales rep's part about you being used to coloured sound! By inference, live music, if "alive", is coloured. Ergo: if we wish to come closer to the live event thru our system, we have to choose a "coloured" combo...Cheers