kajak12

You might if you allowed yourself.

Can you measure that   

You have a lot to learn  

Very true but i won't learn anything from you   

Dave you are going to chase your tail with regards to your idea of "perfect reproduction"...

I want a violin playing through my speakers to sound like a violin, simple as that. A flat frequency response is a good place to start.

If you use a SBT  then your chances are none and f..all

Hi myrantz.

I disagree with the bold bit.

Signal to noise, distortion, channel separation, waterfall plot, phase response and group delay. These measurements of the system will give a pretty good idea on sound stage width, depth, clarity, instrument placement.

 

Cheers, Earle.

Listening does a better job  

I have rarely been bowled over by an audio product. A lot of products have been talked up but generally I have been disappointed. Some products live up to expectations very very few have exceeded expectations.
Just curious if any products that have really exceeded expectation by other SNA members?

A R2R (reel to reel) with master tapes digital is so far behind its scary