My old freebie system makes 'sounds' when I put a CD in the CD player. It kind of makes the sounds I expect to hear and I don't know what type of speaker cable it has (apart from it being grey twin cable and skinny and cheap and old)
Do I care if it sounds 'true' ? (no)
Am I deluded enough to think it 'matters' if it doesn't sound true? (no)
Has any musician anywhere ever produced recorded sounds that I want to hear as accurately as possible? (no!)
Would I be able to tell if the sounds were accurate anyway? (no)
Can I adjust the controls on the system to alter the sounds to make the sounds more pleasing to me? (yes)
Which is most important? Pleasing sounds or accurate sounds? (pleasing of course)
There are parallels with audiophoolery on forums like eevblog. I find the voltnuts, calnuts and timenuts to be just as deluded (and just as entertaining) as audiophools. i.e. there is the same pointless search for perfection with the same brand/model related dickwaving and circle jerking as they each shell out their £££ to climb their chosen social ladder. Just what is so important about seeing 5.00000V on a DMM display? Do they spend their evenings comparing 6th digit accuracy and drift on various models of HP or Fluke DMMs?
At least the audiophools get to listen to some music