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Classical, Jazz, or Rock?

Pink Floyd has finally come out on SACD, The Stones a couple months back.

For some reason the record companies believe all audiophiles listen to Classical music exclusively. When they launch a new Audiophile format like SACD, the think all the people who buy these high-end rigs are Classical music lovers.

My question is, of these three, Classical, Jazz, or Rock?
In your collections, which is the Dominant choice, which one do you own the most recordings in.

Thanks for you comments and input.
Ron
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marakanetz
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12%Progressive, 7%Classic Rock, 8%Jazz Punk, 12%Avant-jazz, 15%Fusion, 14%ECM, 4%Soundtracks, 10%Electronics, 5%Underground 5%Noise, 5%French Chanson, The rest is classical and traditional jazz.
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Got-cha Rockin',

You wanted to say that you mostly have a "non-audiophile-grade" kinda music!

I love classical(mostly large orchestral) not less than I love rock but wouldn't waste my time to bring it right from the speakers and electronics. Neither vinyl or CD can properly "contain" a close to reality "information" of recorded large string and brass orchestra. CD mostly suffers from lack of clarity and vinyl from lack of dynamics not even speaking of electronics and speakers capabilities... Even on so called "audiophile recordings" musicians must "behave" next to the microphone which drastically decreases let's say "spiritual factor" making Allegro sound as Lulliby or vice versa if measure to the extreams.

I get bored by most of traditional jazz bands (with exception to Dave Brubeck) but due to their outstanding recording qualities I have Mono original vinyls of some famous traditional jazz musicians.

SACD is audiophile-oriented format that firstly will spread on most-of audiophile listened music but later-on might eventually go for selected rock bands that are so-called folk singers: Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, Yes, Deep Purple etc... but will never I think go beyond King Crimson and more serious level than King Crimson.
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