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I think the feeling that "my system, room and tastes" is a relevant common reference is an easy thing. It is for each of us. And that "my solutions are THE solutions," also easy, when it works for "me." This is such a cool thing the CDApS, you guys have loads references when you consider all that makes the sound, and with a common thread of Decware!
But also, I am really content in the solo journey. I enjoy lots of music every day, and enjoy the minutia of exploration toward greater beauty and refinement in this room. I like making adjustments because it makes the musical experience better, AND I really enjoy the process....no knot ties here in that.... It is carrying the deep creative process of Steve and Bob and the rest of the unrelenting explorers who made my gear, and making it my creative process. The distinction between interesting creative exploration for true beauty and obsession is there, and without it, we wouldn't have these amazing amps, DACs, speakers etc..
How far the the exploration goes for each of us is different, and we are all lucky, we can make great systems with stock gear. Then most of us mix and match to refine the system and room. I just like to go deeper and deeper as I learn, and instead of trading something that is almost amazing for me, but obviously has that potential, why not adjust/modify it if I can. Then many get into building gear to suit settings, tastes, and creative process...Luckily we can get really, really good with stock gear and stock solutions, but also with great starts, we can go as deep as we want!
In this, the complexity of music and musical instrument presentation is something that always amazes me. For retrieving the vast complexity of sound from any complex instrument is fun as could be for me, and then to have it work beautifully for the whole group on many recordings, aaahhhh, so beautiful...the music takes me away. Then a little shift here, leads to refinements that create a different expression of the beauty, a new variation of the expression in this room.
So the innate variables of how the whole expresses by adjusting with this or that tube, cable, speaker placement, noise grabber, fuse shift etc, opens new doors, and once it is all tuned, a new way of experiencing the beauty that is deeper than before. It is like a constantly unfolding puzzle that is always shifting, just like life. As we change, the puzzle changes, and as the puzzle changes we change....in this context, I see the system and room much like a living organism. The beginning is where I start today, no end in sight.
In time, these ongoing, deepening variations of beautiful musical expression enliven and enrich my experience of the music I listen to.
This is how it is for me anyway.
PS: FireBlade...Speaking of the vast variations of how we adjust pieces of gear, systems and rooms...variations that can make the same thing different here or there....
I love my MKIII, but as Palomino points to, the MKIII can be difficult with bass. I would say these are not necessarily "his" bass issues, but something the amp can demand fixing in many rooms. Not everyone has it, but I recall your having bass issues with your system at some point so I wanted to mention it just in case. It may put you to work.
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