If you don't regularly listen to REAL instruments being played, how do you know that ANY device that you are using to recreate the sound of an instrument being played is accurate? If you don't have such a realistic reference, and have listening experience, you have no basis for determining whether your judgment is correct regarding whether your equipment is accurate. I have all of the above, and an excellent stereo that I've been slowly building for almost 30 years. People who listen to LPs played on my system are always astounded at the quality of sound and always prefer LPs to CDs. SACD and DVD-Audio are close, very close, but they are not widely available to the public. MP3? Please. A joke at any compression ratio. NOTE: it has nothing to do with age, as people of all ages have the same response. Sadly, most people do not know what they are missing. Badly reproduced music, like anything else, is uninvolving and boring: flat, sterile, with added "sizzle" where there is none.
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If you don't regularly listen to REAL instruments being played, how do you know that ANY device that you are using to recreate the sound of an instrument being played is accurate? If you don't have such a realistic reference, and have listening experience, you have no basis for determining whether your judgment is correct regarding whether your equipment is accurate. I have all of the above, and an excellent stereo that I've been slowly building for almost 30 years. People who listen to LPs played on my system are always astounded at the quality of sound and always prefer LPs to CDs. SACD and DVD-Audio are close, very close, but they are not widely available to the public. MP3? Please. A joke at any compression ratio. NOTE: it has nothing to do with age, as people of all ages have the same response. Sadly, most people do not know what they are missing. Badly reproduced music, like anything else, is uninvolving and boring: flat, sterile, with added "sizzle" where there is none.