Ceasar could you get specific and help me out here? I've read this comment stated a hundred different ways and it still makes no sense to me. If the guy in the next seat scratching his cojones is on the recording, of course I want my system to be able to reproduce it. How is that analytical? What is it about a system/speakers incapable of reproducing everything that is on the recording that is better at helping you experience the musical event?
I have listened to many "euphonic" systems. I still don't get it. But perhaps no one has explained it to me well enough.
Tim
Phelonious, you always ask the tough ones. Since you say you have heard a lot of euphonic systems, I am guessing are not impoverished in your audio system experiences and thus I am hoping my examples will make sense to you. What I mean by analytic, in most simple terms I can state, is that analytic gear puts the sound under the microscope. One can hear the details such as if the guy has hair or no hair on his cojones as he is scratching them with his nails. Instead, I am interested when the gear designer, instead of spotlighting the ball scratching, bakes those details into the musical whole. Some brands like Bryston, dCS, and this Magico speaker over-focus on those artifacts and they cater to audiophiles who either have impoverished live musical experiences or are just interested in hearing and discovering those details in the sound instead of losing themselves in the musical. However, brands like Naim, Ayre, Dartzeel, Luxman, etc., have those rich details yet let the listener focus on the music itself instead of the details. When I go to a show, my mind tunes out the guy whispering to his wife in a near by seat or some guy with a cold. I want my system to present the music (not the sound, not the artifacts!) so I can do the same at home.
To Valin's credit, he covers this topic in his review. Borrowing a marketing analogy, think of audiophiles in market segments and he describes these segments. We have said this many times on this site - audio is a subjective experience. Some want to hear the details and think it's hi-fi while others want a musical show and think sound under the microscope is not hi-fi. So sounds like Valin has reviewed the perfect speaker for you.