Helloooo... there! The high is gradually subsiding; it's ought to come. The bright side is I'm on a higher ground never before, the not so bright side is continued optimization. At the time of this posting, my stuff has already on its way to my home. This will not be revolutionary, to me, a self-fulfillment. I'm in my own race. One race with only me in the race.
It's all started with if I could have a little more sustain. This is not difficult for me, I know exactly where is broken and what I need to patch. Incidentally, over a conversation with my inner circle, some are itchy wanting to clone AGS and they have gotten the taste of its goodness. AGS inventor mummed when asked what wood is used. Anyway, their project is still on the drawing board, they don't know that I already have had them, six of them in my listening room. And I used hardwood. Ok, I leak my secret. I had ordered some tonewood to compliment my AGS copy.
So, I'm not joking when I say everything in your listening room and how you place them influence the sound. Things like most people will ignore, the door, especially the flimsy one. This one is definitely inimical. And windows.... are cancerous. And the type of settee and its form factor.... not even mentioning the distance your settee from the central of loudspeakers. In addition to inch by inch toward and backward listening out for the optimum sound? Or by convenience. This is laborious but if you considered it's trivial, everyone has his opinion on sound but let us talk about something else.
When music plays in my room, words become superfluous, at least to me. Obviously, you cannot learn sound without listening. Similarly, you cannot learn to play a music instrument without playing it. Sound is not one size fits all given we hear differently. But sound does have a standard. You listen to philharmonic sound, at the most, you will talk about the hall whether the hall granted the warm sound and et cetera. If you talk about the conducting, then I'd listen to you attentively. But you say live philharmonic sound is less stellar than the sound of your system, I'd have total disregard for you, you have gone too far down the rabbit hole. Excuse me, the philharmonic sound is what our systems strive to replicate, and none succeed. 110dB in a philharmonic hall doesn't cause ringing but tinnitus in a listening room, all hell breaks loose.
Musicality is my primary objective and I know some placed very little value on musicality. Instead, they prioritize resolution to be technicality and politically correct. Less loss is so divine. Well, I'm not going near to argue. On the contrary, I wanted a sound infused with a soul even though it might sound a little colored. Warmth is important. When resolution hits the roof, you will have to give up warmth and midbass. Midbass masks clarity. Without midbass, you're basically giving up pops, jazz and blues. There is no two ways about it.
The other very important element of sound is continuity. This is the very reason vinyl captures the hearts of many, vinyl doesn't produce super resolution, it draws you to music. Hyper resolution naturally draws you away. Resolution itself is addictive and a trending, unfortunately.
