Quote Originally Posted by Macca View Post
A fair point but the degree of disagreement will, in reality, tend to be quite small becaause we are talking about enthusiasts here and enthusiasts of anything will happily spend hours arguing over their equivilant of how many angels can dance on the head of a pin. A non- enthusiast who went along might possibly say something along the lines of 'I thought they were all good'.
Ok, but a non player would have a problem telling a Fender custom shop special strat from a argos starter set by touch alone, but that doesnt mean the difference is not real and important.

I do know that at shows I have been to, I have heard systems that I would not use as a garden system and I found actually unpleasant to listen to. But there were folk in the room smiling and looking happy.