If you were serious about sound you would...

donavabdear, I don't think you really registered what I said, you just got stuck in your seemingly perfect to you assumption. And I was not talking about prices.

Alright, I'll stop right there. After this. There is nothing cool about digital. It is junk all the way. Getting a little better, though.

@inna 

I'm surprised and disappointed that you would make such a blanket and ignorant comment.

well modern jazz is real jazz was done before about 1970, that surprises many people but listen to new jazz or smooth jazz

That is very cynical "chronology" and stereotype that will never find it’s ground about jazz or "real jazz" meaning. Yes mainstream was moving towards popularized jazz and towards more and more simplified versions, but that didn’t mean that at the very later times the number of released "real jazz" titles were a lot larger than you might know. In addition to that a HUGE variety of different new jazz directions had been evolving LARGE outside of the mainstream. I’ve been a member of BMG and Columbia House WAAAAY before even entering USA and was ordering records through my uncle. As you may know they would add freebies for you as well if you order certain quantities and the shipping was extremely low or even free in certain cases. Reading articles, researching and thereafter continuing membership I was finding more and more jazz releases that are SUBSTANTIALLY more interesting than Gerry Mulligan or even Stan Getz and every decade those titles increased.

After all it's not by far about jazz. It is about music and for me there are interesting artifacts and scores in every genre you can ever imagine

All Music Mattress.

Sorry for using different word for the meaning that can be flagged for the removal here  

@czarivey Your right I shouldn't have made such a blanket statement, I'm a saxophone player for 50 years I love all types of Jazz, my point is how very well recorded modern jazz is. Jazz recordings today along with modern classical are probably the best recorded music technically and it's expected in those general. As far as music I would say great songs just like great movies don't have to be perfectly recorded or perfectly shot it's the melody and the story that is important. That being said having both should be the goal. 

I couldn't agree with you more. Also very interesting about finding hidden gems of music, where did you find them?

You would not use a Mac computer Waay to much noise with programs in the back ground , your active speakers No thanks far better quality sound from a dedicated amplifier , you want a great reference dac , and SS drive, and dedicated 

 Server . Plus the cables they use in studios are subpar vs good audio.

having owned a Audio store the quality they use in a studio especially cables ,

I tried using these name brand cables in Audio it just restricts the presentation .

for amplifiers,preamp Bricasti has been doing pro audio for 20 years and night and day better then any class D amp stuffed in a speaker Many Top studios use Bricasti also a vacuum tube mixing council like Manley much more natural and just like Tube amps used for guitarists they just sound more natural , All this  is necessary if you want an analog type recording , many new pressing they are bright and just thrown together ,thsts why many older recordings had more life, Care went into the mixing , that’s just my observation ,and opinion .