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In the Thread: If I start High-End Audio from scratch...
Post Subject: "Systemic Slack"Posted by Paul S on: 1/23/2025
We laugh when we share the idea of the silly audiophile with just a dozen "audiophile-quality" recordings to listen to. I think there are any number of ways to wind up in a tactically similar situation. Agreed that the best one hears from ones system is proof that "it can do it". And I love the times with perfect electricity and great "system synergy". On the other hand, as I have shared here many times, I found myself in a situation where only my best-recorded LPs were worth listening to, on the best electricity days. Very lately the electricity has been the worst I've had for a couple of years. Thanks to some steps I took years ago, I can still enjoy listening to Music with less-than-good electricity (most of the time...), and I no longer need perfect recordings to enjoy listening to the "decoded Music". Romy alludes to the apparent fact that DPoLS is elusive, and (apparently) it's not something one can just set once and forget. At least, no one has chimed in and claimed that DPoLs is something they enjoy every time they fire up their system. Also, no one who complains of bad electricity has claimed to have completely and permanently solved this problem. In view of all this, mightn't it be worthwhile to allow some "systemic slack" for less-than-great recordings, electricity, etc, etc, etc? Is this not at least part of what's happening with Remedios or AmpX, which (at least in early stages) do not even try to deliver high Level 1 performance? If we are going to find Solace in Music, it might be that we simply have to make some Level 1 (-ish) concessions until we solve the day-to-day problems. Back to recordings, I admit that I have no idea how to make every problematic recording "sound better", apart from putting the Music ahead of "Level 1 Perfection". By this I clearly do not mean to eschew Level 1 performance (look at my own system...), rather try to allow for typical or usual problems while reaching for "more".
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