Quote Originally Posted by magiccarpetride View Post
Not sure I understand how do you propose that a hi fi system can inject false 'excitement' into music?

If you go and buy a cheapo boombox, you'll be able to hear anti-PRaT. It will be plainly audible to you how the bass is lagging behind the music, and how not all instruments coincide on the beat. This is due to the fact that those cheapo components tend to be sluggish, inaccurate, delivering scattered sound.

Now play the same tune on a high quality audio system. All of a sudden, the sound tightens up, everything snaps into focus, the bass in particular becomes very agile, and the music is merrily marching on, precisely on the beat. That, my friend, is PRaT!
You may not be aware where the term prat came from, your attempt at defining it above as you believe it to be suggests so. The term has been used for 40 years and arose from the presentational style of certain manufacturers gear - Naim being one. It may not be wise to try to rewrite history.
All of course in my humble opinion.

And there were no CD players just turntables et al