My way of evaluating a system is listening to a sampling of my favorite music. I've never heard a system that truly made me believe the musicians are in the room. Living 30 mnutes from Manhattan, I've heard some systems that cost more than the average home. Some were outstanding, others were not very good to put it nicely.
IMO music loses something everytime it passes through another component - from that first recording microphone to the speakers in your room.
The way I look at it, find a few systems that let as much of the emotion through as possible, then pick your favorite flavor. Pick the one with the least offensive trade offs.
A lot of people won't see eye to eye with me on that one. There's really no right or wrong here, only opinions.
JR
IMO music loses something everytime it passes through another component - from that first recording microphone to the speakers in your room.
The way I look at it, find a few systems that let as much of the emotion through as possible, then pick your favorite flavor. Pick the one with the least offensive trade offs.
A lot of people won't see eye to eye with me on that one. There's really no right or wrong here, only opinions.
JR