(12-28-2020, 09:43 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: I always thought an "audiophile" was a person who wanted accurate sound.  It seems like the OP wants enhanced sound.  

I want the sound to be like I'm in the concert hall or room where the instrument(s) are being played.  I want accurate sound.  

When I bought my latest car, I paid a boatload for the "upgraded" sound system, which was a mistake because I neglected to research what they really meant by "upgraded."  What I think they did was add a subwoofer.  I don't think a subwoofer is an upgrade.  A subwoofer takes the low notes and creates what sounds more like a thumping sound.  It's not music.  It's an atonal thump thump.

Both you and audiophiles aren't looking for perfectly accurate sound. Your example of a concert hall or room still has the sound being influenced by the room. What you're looking to mitigate, or completely eliminate, is room reflections and room modes that cause comb filtering and amplitude spikes of lower mid to bass frequencies. A good concert hall actually does this by the design of the hall (walls not being parallel, for example) and absorbing materials. A room in a house would have to be treated properly for the same outcome. But both are still have room influences.

Recording engineers desire completely accurate sound to properly mix and master music. That sound isn't always desirable commercially. Michael Jackson's "Thriller" was mixed using monitors made by Aurotone. They are flat frequency response speakers. The joke is they are called "Horrortones", but they work great for mixing because they accurately represent all frequencies. That, combined with a well treated studio room makes for great information to mix by.

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