Music can be viewed as a "Component", since the quality of the recording and the awareness level of the people involved with making it can be VERY important.
Neil Young has weighed in on Analog VS Digital sound in the past. go to Mapleshade and they offer a catalog of cd's all of which have been produced in a certain (hopefully superior) manner. I love Charlie Parker but few of his recordings sound "good"- now someone could remaster them with a great deal of manipulation but i don't think in that case it would produce a better product.
OTOH there are some excellent renditions of Beethoven #5 that sound really REALLY good, while many (cherished) classic versions might STILL be preferred
by musicphiles- but at least here you have a chance to hear deeply into the orchestra, a very complex intereaction of sound.
i have had the oppportunity to hear a 1st generation digital tape (NAGRA)
of an orchestral performance and i thought the musicians were literally hiding behind the speakers. so it was a huge leap forward in getting minute distortions and electronic artifacts out of the way.
So where there is a synergy between a cd/lp/File and some nicely matched equipment to play it on, in a comfortable environment with attention paid to beneficial acoustics, the result is MUSICAL enjoyment. And i don't have
a problem telling people what music i like, even though some threads here start out with subjects like "what is the most irritating female vocalist you have ever heard?", etc. there is music that i will not spend time listening too,
but i would rather not add a comment of my own since it leads nowhere IMO.
Neil Young has weighed in on Analog VS Digital sound in the past. go to Mapleshade and they offer a catalog of cd's all of which have been produced in a certain (hopefully superior) manner. I love Charlie Parker but few of his recordings sound "good"- now someone could remaster them with a great deal of manipulation but i don't think in that case it would produce a better product.
OTOH there are some excellent renditions of Beethoven #5 that sound really REALLY good, while many (cherished) classic versions might STILL be preferred
by musicphiles- but at least here you have a chance to hear deeply into the orchestra, a very complex intereaction of sound.
i have had the oppportunity to hear a 1st generation digital tape (NAGRA)
of an orchestral performance and i thought the musicians were literally hiding behind the speakers. so it was a huge leap forward in getting minute distortions and electronic artifacts out of the way.
So where there is a synergy between a cd/lp/File and some nicely matched equipment to play it on, in a comfortable environment with attention paid to beneficial acoustics, the result is MUSICAL enjoyment. And i don't have
a problem telling people what music i like, even though some threads here start out with subjects like "what is the most irritating female vocalist you have ever heard?", etc. there is music that i will not spend time listening too,
but i would rather not add a comment of my own since it leads nowhere IMO.