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In the Forum: Playback Listening
In the Thread: Accuracy vs. Musicality (and YMMV)
Post Subject: The Rest of the StoryPosted by Paul S on: 5/17/2026
Sad to hear about the tensions in your family, which I have suspected for some time. Plenty of insanity going around, as I well understand, and I have long said, it's contagious. Prophylactic measures must be regularly and religiously taken in order to stop (or at least slow) the spread of this disease.
As for the four masons, for millenia there have been better and worse bricks, also ways to lay bricks, depending on the use the results will be put to and the conditions under which the product will be used. Sure, one hopes a given mason will simply know what to do and how to do it, especially if one is paying the mason for services rendered. Ironically, few who pony up for finished goods have any idea what "should" go into them, or if they are going to be suitable in personal use, which is to say both value-for-money and/or worth a shit, practically speaking. It seems like many-to-most people simply can't or won't be bothered to take an interest and really learn more than one subject, if that. For the rest, people pretty much depend on others to (somehow) point them at and generally provide most of what they need. Wants - as distinct from needs - are another matter. People simply become maniacal about things they want. Who even knows where thoughts and feelings like that come from?
You did mention your present sound system still gives what you want, and I suppose this means in the way of Music you currently choose to listen to. Since I never aimed to copy it, I don't want or need to know particulars for that reason, rather for some context for other remarks you make, eg., the trumpet post.
Best regards,
Paul SRerurn to Romy the Cat's Site