Low level/High resolution 💫

 

It’s all here, much better than the obsolete, abused and overused “High Fidelity”…

My system truest raison d’etre is the following:

• Low-Level Reproduction: Unlike many horn-based systems designed for high volumes, Kato's system was optimized for reproducing the finest details at realistic, home-friendly low volumes, allowing subtle nuances such as the musicians' breathing or the touch of their fingers on the instrument to clearly be audible.

Thanking to Hideo Kato-san for the above illuminating definition: I realized, to my surprise - thanks to Quad ESL and  Gotorama 2.0 - that I don’t need high SPL to enjoy my music of choice, but I sure need a breathtaking resolution, silence among notes and awesome detailing, which I get a-plenty.

 It’s really so simple, but worth insisting: not deafening SPLs or belly shaking low frequencies, but low level resolution; if your system is able to resolve the tape-hiss, the hum of a vintage guitar amp, the ambient noises, the musicians breathing, etc. the music will fully blossom in all its beauty… and won’t be by chance!.

Everything else is BS and musical illiteracy, as only a natural neutrality allows any music to blossom and be nourishment for the soul and the mind. 

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