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Originally Posted by Barrister1
You must not have listened to a lossless recording on a high end system. It brings out every nuance and there is no comparison. Can you listen and enjoy music on a cheap system? Of course. But the high end system is that much better and engrossing. It can be quite an amazing experience.
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Sorry but I've been interested in high fidelity for a lot of years. What I find most amusing is the "Golden Ears" crowd who can hear differences that don't exist. I have fond memories of one day at UBC when Radio Society did comparisons of 6 or 7 amplifiers being driven by a high end pre-amp and feeding a quartet of Klipsch speakers. Oddly, there was a small group that could hear the differences between the amplifiers (one sounded thin, another emphasized the bass, another was distorting, etc.). Sadly after about 2 hours, the folks from RadioSoc who had setup the test rig revealed the sad truth. Only one amplifier had been used -- I seem to remember it was a Crown product. All the rotary switch did was to remove the speaker connection and restore it. Today, their spiritual descendants spend $150Cdn on a 2 metre HDMI cable to improve their video and sound.
I still find my mid-end system driving my Koss headphones gives me excellent sound and without spending more on the system than my car or driving my family and neighbours up the wall.