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<blockquote data-quote="Ctesibius" data-source="post: 6292638" data-attributes="member: 564131">SQ is absolute accuracy to some and personal preference to others.&nbsp; I would agree that SQ could only be objectively defined by absolute accuracy; Proper timbre, tonality and staging and imaging (two different things).&nbsp; Properly revealing low level details, no artificial &quot;coloring&quot;, etc.&nbsp; That is really the only real definition that can exist.&nbsp; But not everyone is worried about the finer details as long as it &quot;sounds good to them&quot;, and to these people that qualifies as &quot;SQ&quot;.Frankly, I fall into a bit of both.&nbsp; There are some times and some music I want to listen to my system while it is sounding as &quot;close to real&quot; as possible.&nbsp; There are other times I just want to rock out to my favorite music and get caught up in it without worrying about the little imperfections that exist between it and absolute accuracy as long as the sound still falls within my personal realm of &quot;still sounds great&quot;.&nbsp; These are the times I most enjoy because I&#039;m focusing on the music rather than the system.Of course, it&#039;s always great when the two definitions line up so perfectly that they combine into one and the music just comes alive.&nbsp; But not all recordings allow for this level of nirvana.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ctesibius, post: 6292638, member: 564131"] SQ is absolute accuracy to some and personal preference to others. I would agree that SQ could only be objectively defined by absolute accuracy; Proper timbre, tonality and staging and imaging (two different things). Properly revealing low level details, no artificial "coloring", etc. That is really the only [I]real[/I] definition that can exist. But not everyone is worried about the finer details as long as it "sounds good to them", and to these people that qualifies as "SQ". Frankly, I fall into a bit of both. There are some times and some music I want to listen to my system while it is sounding as "close to real" as possible. There are other times I just want to rock out to my favorite music and get caught up in it without worrying about the little imperfections that exist between it and absolute accuracy as long as the sound still falls within my personal realm of "still sounds great". These are the times I most enjoy because I'm focusing on the music rather than the system. Of course, it's always great when the two definitions line up so perfectly that they combine into one and the music just comes alive. But not all recordings allow for this level of nirvana. [/QUOTE]

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