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What are your own subjective criteria for rating or judging a component and or system?
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<blockquote data-quote="Audioholic" data-source="post: 1138472" data-attributes="member: 15790"><p>I just had to dig up this old thread.</p><p></p><p>This morning, I walked past a super original BMW 325iS idling outside my son's school. Wow, just the look and the sound of it all - it made the hairs on my hands stand. Similarly....</p><p></p><p>This got me thinking about the theme of "emotion" on this thread and how <strong><span style="font-size: 18px">I</span></strong> evaluate hifi stuff... <strong>My</strong> criteria: </p><p>1. Looks - yes it must look good before it can sound good.... preferably with large VU meters</p><p>2. Sound - my categories are 'lekker', 'lekkerer' and 'lekkerest' (In Dbn we say 'Lukker'). I tried evaluating for soundstage and imaging etc - went in search of music I dont normally listen to but got bored pretty quickly. Now its the 'foot-tapping' factor that does it for me. I sometimes intentionally go looking for the infamous V-curve (without any reservations <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />)</p><p>3. Some connection to the brand - be it a past memory, an advert, a conversation with someone, listening/seeing it in the flesh somewhere or the other.</p><p></p><p>Sometimes I dont know if the music makes my whiskey taste better, or vice versa. For now i'll go with the former</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Audioholic, post: 1138472, member: 15790"] I just had to dig up this old thread. This morning, I walked past a super original BMW 325iS idling outside my son's school. Wow, just the look and the sound of it all - it made the hairs on my hands stand. Similarly.... This got me thinking about the theme of "emotion" on this thread and how [B][SIZE=5]I[/SIZE][/B] evaluate hifi stuff... [B]My[/B] criteria: 1. Looks - yes it must look good before it can sound good.... preferably with large VU meters 2. Sound - my categories are 'lekker', 'lekkerer' and 'lekkerest' (In Dbn we say 'Lukker'). I tried evaluating for soundstage and imaging etc - went in search of music I dont normally listen to but got bored pretty quickly. Now its the 'foot-tapping' factor that does it for me. I sometimes intentionally go looking for the infamous V-curve (without any reservations :)) 3. Some connection to the brand - be it a past memory, an advert, a conversation with someone, listening/seeing it in the flesh somewhere or the other. Sometimes I dont know if the music makes my whiskey taste better, or vice versa. For now i'll go with the former [/QUOTE]
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