Yes AJ.AnotherJohnson wrote: ↑Mon Jul 06, 2020 9:49 amI think most seasoned listeners feel this way about their speakers.
Once I’ve done my best at tweaking the position of speakers and listener, in future sessions, I plunk myself down, close my eyes, and enjoy. Maybe this has as much to do with one’s inner peace as it has to do with realism.
If I had bought $30000 speakers, I would be sorely disappointed if they did not transport me to a new level.
Totally disappointed, and there are some costing much more, that no matter what you do, they don't provide this listener-musicians communication. As an example, I have a dear friend that owns a pair of Sonus Faber Amati. The room is big enough and great for big speakers. No matter what you do, moving them back and forth, tilting them, you name it, and you get a wide stage, but a pancake thick. You change the speaker's cables, and the interconnect cables too, a he has Conrad Johnson and Audio Research gear. All electronics exhibit about the same. Don't get me wrong, the overall sound is OK, but for a speakers like this, my ears want more. The treble section is too soft, and lack to my ears, that dynamic that other Sonus Faber models have. This is my appreciation. My ears have another reference, which I do believe are much happier.
Here is where my language barrier makes me to have a bad express of what I am trying to say. Can you call the brands of the strings used in a Spanish guitar? Can you call the type of a Spanish guitar model? There are Thomas Humphray, made in the USA, Ramirez, Vilaplana, Cordoba, Takamine, etc, ...on today days, there are great Luthiers available, giving a great fine woods and work of art classical guitars. These guitars exhibit a distinguish characteristic tones, and this tones are possible at the recordings. Strings like Savarez, La Bella, D'Addario, Augustine to name a few, and all of them have a particular tone too. There are different tensions available, and this makes a difference. Your speakers should resolve this. Mines do that.
Happy listening!