Re: The usage of the word audiophile

There is also a philosophical issue: whether the ultimate goal
of an hi-fi system is to accurately reproduce the source (tape,
hard disk, vinyl, whatever) or whether it is to give the most
"realistic" (eg. suspension of disbelief) rendering of the
performance therein, as it squares up against remembered
live sound.

These goals are not inconsistent or incompatible.


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