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In Reply to: I never said that. posted by Presto on May 15, 2007 at 23:20:38:
Let's get concrete here. I love a CD called Time the Revelator by Gillian Welch. It is not out on LP nor on SACD nor on audiophile CD. It is a standard sounding CD. I find it remarkable and hypnotic and totally involving. Of course, I'd rather have it in better sound. But I don't get that choice.And that's the way it goes all the way down the line.
I bought the Mobile Fidelity audiophile CD releases of the first two Velvet Underground albums. So I tried to get better fidelity...but that's really a lost cause, those albums defined lo-fi. But they are essential. And I listened to the great Django Reinhardt the other night, recorded in the 1930s. Again, lo-fi, and again essential.
And all these pieces of music matter to me far more than anything that was ever released on Reference Recordings, no matter how realistic it sounded.
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My advice is never buy anything you do not like. And if you, do buy it sell it no matter how great it sounds.
And by the same token never listen to crummy sounding recordings because some review said it was a great performance. With many classical works as well as jazz standards having 100's or more versions there is no reason to suffer bad sound. Since the beginning of the Stereo era there has been more than five million recordings made, so it is impossible to hear them all, even once!
"Music is love"
Teresa
People love music. People love music so much they'll buy their favorite music even if it's recorded by a pack of drunken monkeys. When you buy a CD you are supporting the musicians which is a good thing. But you are also supporting the recording crew - and when the recording is terrible, you've just voted for something terrible with your wallet.I think this is why despite the availability of really great recording technology we continue to get so many "less than great" recordings. This "I love music, so recording quality is secondary to me and I can't control it anyways." just seems to be a blatent contradiction in terms. It seems the issue here is whether or not there is something we CAN do about it.
I've never returned an album on the grounds the recording sucked.
Maybe I am part of the problem too! Maybe it's time to start...
I guess until then we can continue to blame perfectly good *formats* for the crappy sounding recordings we're getting.
to the point of unrealistic.While you are boycotting recordings to force better quality, the masses will be buying mp3s from amazon and apple. Audiophiles cannot even agree on the merits of any recording between themselves.
If you want to limit your listening to a certain level of perceived recording quality, that's your choice. But nothing you or the tiny audiophile market does is going to influence the recording industry.
And people who love various types of music will continue to listen to it in whatever forms it happens to become available. Nothing is going to change.
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