So I don’t have a super high-end system by any means. I have JBL L36 speakers. They sound awesome. There is some music that sounds absolutely incredible on them. The Beatles – Abbey Road. Oscar Peterson - We Get Requests, Robag Wruhme - Thora Vukk, Lorde - The Louvre…
There is some of my favourite music however, that sounds completely non-impactful and wimpy on the speakers as well. Depeche Mode - Never Let Me Down Again, and in fact most of their catalogue. Bowie - Berlin trilogy sounds weak but it slams in my car…
I would really love to know if someone has a great system and Depeche Mode/Bowie sound fantastic on it.
That bass breathing is such a huge thing. My JBL L46’s I use for regular listening are nice, but they don’t invoke the same emotional response as say my Epicure 20+’s. It’s bizarre, I tap my foot and react to the music the same way I do live. And the Epicures are by no means flat, especially compared to the JBLs, but there’s something about them that makes me surprised every single time I listen