Bloom air around instruments

You’re probably over-thinking it. Or should I say over-stinking it?

When they went all digital TV they lost the air that was there in abundance with the analog signal, a huge spacious soundstage, especially noticeable on live football 🏈 baseball ⚾️ and olympics ⛷ broadcasts. Very similar to the difference between tape and CD, now that I think about it. Tape breathes, it’s a natural medium. When you can breathe you get more...air. 🤗

That’s where recordings are better than live acoustic performances on a good system. 

That’s what the hobby is all about. There is no single answer. Air, sweetness, liquid-ness, soundstage, transparency, bass slam, they’re all part and parcel of signal to noise + distortion ratio S/N+D for which there is no substitute. Get your mind in gear and your ass will follow. - old audiophile axiom