Great Interview-

Hello All! Musicians are used to being "IN" the music. They are surrounded by other people aling music. Tey concerned with how they are producing the musical performance. They are doers not listeners. They are concerned with structure and shaping of the sound the listener hears. They are "in the moment" of producing the music. They know what they want to do are concentrating on how to produce the sound they want. If they are listening to a recording, it is history. It's done. It's over. It's yesterday. They aren't concerned with how history sounds. They know how it sounds in their minds and how it was produced. Yesterday is of little interest and value. NOW is what counts. Do the performers "have the chops," They are not listening for what the audiophiles care about. So, fancy gear is of no interest to them. Did they hit the right note? It doesn't matter that an instrument is not accurately reproduced. The melody and harmony matters. The pacing and timing of the notes matters, how the players work together matters. Not much else. We enjoy the historic performance of the recording in a very different way, and thank them for their efforts.  Happy Listening.

Most musicians can't afford the hobby in the first place. However, most musicians greatly appreciate recording studios with high end equipment.

@8th-note  The Grateful Dead have used McIntosh gear for amplification for a long, long time. I believe Bob Weir has all McIntosh gear at home, too.

Years ago we saw Bonamassa in NYC several times, but surprisingly the sound at his concerts was was at best, fair.  So I bought several of his CDs to play on my rig hoping for better.  Didn't happen.  The sound Bonamassa's CDs is so bad, I literally started a thread here on A'Gon asking if it was my imagination.   It wasn't, as several critical listeners chimed in that his CDs are unlistenable crap.   So, not surprised the guy (whose ego there is not room for on this earth) doesn't understand high end audio.  

The point Bonamassa and Beato are making is that if you listen to recordings on an audio set-up that costs more than the equipment used to record them, you are going to hear stuff that the musicians and recording engineers did not intend to be heard.

They are actually acknowledging the superiority of expensive audio gear.

Beato listens on studio monitors--and good ones, I imagine.

People seem to be misinterpreting what was said on the video.

Or am I missing something?