Over the last few weeks I have enjoyed getting reacquainted with my aging HiFi set up, however one of the things that came to mind and made me start looking on YT is the subject of the quality of musical recordings.
Now we all want to get the very best out of the kit that we have but how do we know if it is the recording that is meh, rather than the actual kit, are we chasing perfection in sound but in reality the quality of the CD transfer or LP pressing is the cause of our woes?
Having viewed a few YT channels and listened to the host‘s view on what is good quality and what is audiophile quality and found some albums appearing on a number of video’s it made me think, a search of ‘Audiophile’ recordings on G came up with lists of many artists that I had never heard of but again with some of those artists mentioned by the YT hosts.
My question after much preamble and babble is this, how important is a good recording and how do we know what is excellent, good or simply not worth worrying about and shouldn’t be in anyone’s collection. I have around 400 LP’s and CD’s, some of which have received high praise on a number of different channels, lists, or forums, most of which I enjoy listening to but there are a few artists that have made me ask why the hell did I buy that!!
I cannot claim to have bought any music over the years on the basis of being an excellent recording, I simply liked the music at the time it was purchased.
So is recording quality a genuine issue in our search for musical perfection or a load of old baloney?
Now we all want to get the very best out of the kit that we have but how do we know if it is the recording that is meh, rather than the actual kit, are we chasing perfection in sound but in reality the quality of the CD transfer or LP pressing is the cause of our woes?
Having viewed a few YT channels and listened to the host‘s view on what is good quality and what is audiophile quality and found some albums appearing on a number of video’s it made me think, a search of ‘Audiophile’ recordings on G came up with lists of many artists that I had never heard of but again with some of those artists mentioned by the YT hosts.
My question after much preamble and babble is this, how important is a good recording and how do we know what is excellent, good or simply not worth worrying about and shouldn’t be in anyone’s collection. I have around 400 LP’s and CD’s, some of which have received high praise on a number of different channels, lists, or forums, most of which I enjoy listening to but there are a few artists that have made me ask why the hell did I buy that!!
I cannot claim to have bought any music over the years on the basis of being an excellent recording, I simply liked the music at the time it was purchased.
So is recording quality a genuine issue in our search for musical perfection or a load of old baloney?