There can also be short or long classical music
The exception always breaks the rule, but I can't think of many 'classical' music pieces that are under 8 minutes long ...
Rediscovering records
I have a large collection of records (about 2000-3000) but culled about 200-300 to play over and over again through the years. I picked the best sounding ones when I had a mediocre analog setup because I thought most of the collection sounded poor. Some time ago I did a major upgrade to my record playing system (about $8000 worth) but still listened to the few hundred exclusively. Just recently I started to listen to the rest of the collection and discovered to my delight that most sounded wonderful. The better equipment changed my listening habits dramatically.
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@rvpiano I agree, and the distortions in microgrooves pose real problems. That said, I've found that most good vintage pressings do pretty well, if you allow for a certain degree of tolerance. OTOH, I'm sorry to say that a well-done digital remastering from master tapes eliminates many issues. |
This reminds me of an argument I had with a person years ago. It started something like this. I said that although I am primarily a jazz person, I also like Baroque music and even some Early Western music. The reply was, oh yes I like Classical music too. To which I replied that Classical music was from a later period than I was referring to. The conversation quickly devolved from there. |
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