what is good sound ?

9rw, how does your wife put up with you ?

you have such a pleasant temperament.

nothing seems to bother you. you are always so kind and gracious--and full of complements.

by the way, do you have a life, outside of audio ?

Well, actually, people do say something about her being a saint. I never have figured out what they're getting at . . .

Tell'em bout' his Mamma!!!

It's friendly banter like this that has Audiogon servin' up those complementary pipin' hot mugs of shutthefuckup. I'll take two sugars in mine please.

Who's taking bets on how much longer this thread is going to remain online? My money says it won't make it to Sunday morning.

Mrtennis,

I think you are not a serious person nor should your posts be taken seriously. I'm sorry I wasted my time and the time of anyone who read my responses to your supposed dichotomy. It's preposterous to imagine that anyone could be serious about evaluating an audio system through psychodrama.

db

I find some of mrtennis's threads entertaining & fun, if nothing else this is the perfect exercise on how audiophiles interact or react to such a simple question. To put things in perspective, since we all are taking chances just by living, I don't think any harm has been done here.

I think most of us can generally agree on what sounds good regardless of the combination of components used in a system, if the outcome is desirable and you find yourself enjoying the music & not paying attention to the components, you could very well be there!

A system that sounds good with a steady diet of audiophile music can be important but in my opinion it should also sound great with other types of music because variety is the spice of life.