Well BD, I do actually listen to a lot of equipment, ranging from mild to wild (one system is £550K).
Now yet again your making assumptions for everyone on mybehalf most rude, most pieces of equipment have inheirient strengths and weakness, I look for the strengths that appeal to me, and raise the traits accordingly, very rarely do I change the voicing as you put it.
Can I tell what I'm doing is going to give what I'm trying to achieve, pretty much so yes.
Markus once scpeticaly asked me how I can supply more leading edge than 14 levels of angle iron, with total trailing note body, and no music removal propeties, by just electronics.
Its called experiance, you when you first start, you have the IDEA, the theroy, by doing 'x' that should give you 'y', but as well all know not always the case.
After a while you get to 'know' what particular item will do pretty much this or that.
you hard a fun sounding cdp that groovy. but rougher than a badgers arse, you want it smoother, great you get it smoother, but the funs all gone?, why/how? arh but maybe that would giving to much away!
Maybe the use of the network anayliser sheds some light on it, possibly?
I mean for a totally wired gain amp, they're should be no noise at all anywhere just pure straight through signal, or should there?, could there be something else you've not accounted for?, does a scope divulge all?, does it need too?,
How can you possibly believe its accurate when the recorded medium is mastered with such average desks?.
We can argue this till the cows come home, and you'll still be as obstinate as ever, though I'm curious, how come the moon/Rotel 1062 don't use pure hard wired circuit boards, for surely this is most basic of essentials to 'accurate sound', I mean those shitty ground planes in 99.9999 of c/boards are certainlt not condusive to premuim accuracy, least I've certainly not heard one that isn't, I mean the power suppiles would be some thing really special, yet the rotel's is just average, the moons is far better, yet can be well improved upon (pictures upon request).
I see the basics and fundemetals missing from arguement here BD, which it has been all along.though you are presistant.