I am a music lover first. I have 7,000 78s and listen to acoustical recordings as well. My preference for sound extends back to hot sounding 78s from 1925 on. The performance is everything. I've sold 18,000 records in the past 35 years because I made a rule not to keep anything that I wouldn't enjoy listening to 3 times a year.
Yes, I have a high end system but rarely change equipment, mostly adding tweaks to the room and power system.
Most of my music buddies are snobs to some extent. They only want to listen to stereo recordings, some just to modern stereo recordings. They are shocked at how good 50's mono LPs can sound but don't want to listen to it at home (exceptions-Frank/Oregonpapa & Robert, our good friend). Anoth friend only listens to LPs and another two only listen to CDs. I enjoy all solid formats except cassettes (haven't had the desire to stream or download music with 42,000 LPs/78s/CDs/tape in my collection).
Yes, I have a high end system but rarely change equipment, mostly adding tweaks to the room and power system.
Most of my music buddies are snobs to some extent. They only want to listen to stereo recordings, some just to modern stereo recordings. They are shocked at how good 50's mono LPs can sound but don't want to listen to it at home (exceptions-Frank/Oregonpapa & Robert, our good friend). Anoth friend only listens to LPs and another two only listen to CDs. I enjoy all solid formats except cassettes (haven't had the desire to stream or download music with 42,000 LPs/78s/CDs/tape in my collection).