"RPS" wrote in message
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This is inspired by the recent discussion on possible replacement for
my Spendor BC1's (thanks for all the comments in that thread):

Many of you have commented on a speaker being more or less
neutral/accurate than others.

If you were not present at the original recording session, with good
memory, how can you judge the accuracy of the reproduction?

I mean, I can tell that Spendor, Proac, and Dynaudio are sounding
different, but don't I need to be familiar with the actual original
sound to judge which one is accurate or uncolored?

There are many experienced audiophiles in this forum and I would
appreciate all comments, theoretical as well as how you approach
auditions personally.

Raghu

I get the whole natural thing, I have recently invested in a great sounding
system and was not blown away instantly. Like a lot of the posters have said
it becomes apparent that you are more listening to a replicator than an
processor that alters the tonal qualities of the sound.

This can be a disappointment in some cases as you can hear EVERYTHING. A lot
of CDs that sounded great on my old micro system now sound awful and empty.
I believe some audio can be purposely mixed and mastered to sound better on
smaller systems? But on the other hand an revisiting a lot of my collection
some long forgotten (no so good sounding) albums came alive.

Horses for courses
EggKing