OP
I have no idea what you are talking about. Poor and great performances are independent of playback media.
To take your example of Schubert's Trout Quintet, I fell in love with that work 40 years ago with an lp titled 'Music From Marlboro ' led by Rudolph Serkin. My lps were destroyed in a flood in 1985. Only a few months ago I obtained this recording on CD and my appreciation for the performance has only grown over time.
Both digital and analog are capable of great fidelity. With digital, there are no pops, clicks, dust bunnies, etc.. If you need to hear all that crud to convince yourself that the performers are 'really trying'then your tastes are so different from mine as to render further discussion as pointless
I have no idea what you are talking about. Poor and great performances are independent of playback media.
To take your example of Schubert's Trout Quintet, I fell in love with that work 40 years ago with an lp titled 'Music From Marlboro ' led by Rudolph Serkin. My lps were destroyed in a flood in 1985. Only a few months ago I obtained this recording on CD and my appreciation for the performance has only grown over time.
Both digital and analog are capable of great fidelity. With digital, there are no pops, clicks, dust bunnies, etc.. If you need to hear all that crud to convince yourself that the performers are 'really trying'then your tastes are so different from mine as to render further discussion as pointless