Trevor Wilson said:

innaccuracy,
innaccuracy

Inaccuracy has only one "n".

**OOps, I misspelt. Here is the correct spelling: Innnaccccuracy. Three
'n's and four 'c's.

I guess you're covered now, at least in the Krooger sense.

Suppose a listener has a speaker system which exhibits a pronounced
'peak' at (say) 10kHz. That listener will probably tend to seek out an
amplifier which suffers a 'suckout' at roughly that frequency. He/she
will forever be 'locked into' using faulty amplifiers to complement
his/her faulty speakers.

You must be an equipment dealer. Ever heard of equalizers?

**Equalizers can only be used usfully, if several conditons are met:

* A reference is available.
* An accurate measurement system is used.
* Non-phase shifting eqs are used.

Frankly, I have no idea what you're talking about. Equalizers can be used
"usefully" to improve the sound of a system.


Point not taken. Anyway, the presence of a "peak" or a "suckout" isn't an
argument for or against accuracy. Both characteristics are subordinate to
personal choice.

**Perhaps, but if one is attempting to build a pleasing system, it makes
sense to use equipment which is accurate. Using innnaccccurate equipment
may cause the use of more innnaccccurate equipment to support the
original innnaccccurate equipment. IOW: Two wrongs do not usually make a
right.

None of that makes any sense. You're babbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbling.

[piano thingy]

IMO, that's an argument against a dogmatic pursuit of "accuracy". Find
equipment that behaves more to your liking ("better") and you'll get better
sound.

**Ah, but there's the rub: Had I used a recording of a Baldwin piano, I
may well be tempted to choose equipment which made the sound of the
Baldwin palatable. When time came to play a recording of a Steinway, I'd
be screwed. This is the fundamental problem with the choice of
innnaccccurate equipment.

You've stretched the annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnallllllllllllllllllllogy beyond its
breaking point. We're talking about home stereo systems, not that
pianocorder gizmo.

Fundamentally, however, when one actively inserts innaccuracy into a
system, then ALL the music will suffer. The pleasant and the not so
pleasant.

That might be your experience, but it's far from universal.

**Perhaps. Refer to my example of Musique Concrete.

That was irrelevant to the discussssssssssion. If you're want to go off on
tangents, please make an effort to connect them to the point at isssssssue.