The most interesting thing to me about these interviews is that the resulting sound of components often truly can be understood by the objective and by the methodology of the designer. The connection between objectives and design philosophy on the one hand, and sound resulting from the component on the other, is one of the primary things I am trying to tease out and to understand in these interviews.
It is fascinating to me how designers sometimes truly have different ultimate objectives.* And these different objectives drive the differences in approach, methodology and design.
*Such as "reproduce exactly what is on the tape, vinyl or digital source being played," versus "re-create the sound of an original musical event."
