[quote=fredk]
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In the end, the only speaker system anyone is qualified to judge is their own. Everywhere else, the best we can do is offer qualified opinion.


Fred, I agree 100% with you. I just find it interesting that since I have never heard, lets say, Stevie Nicks sing live, but when I put in her CD and listen through the M80's it sounds great, I mean really great. But if I were to compare her voice through the M80's vs any other speaker brand, I can only use my own judgment as to which speaker I prefer. It would be ignorant and arrogant for me to say that one speaker sounds more like Stevie than the other, because I don't have a true reference point. Let’s add to that that “audio memory” in humans isn’t very good, I would probably have to hear Stevie sing many times over and over again to make any claims on an audio systems performance.

Does this make sense?

paul


paul

Axiom M80, VP180, Qs8, EP500
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