I like jazz by small groups. If the recording is supposed to be live in a venue, then I want to feel that -- it's fun being transported to a different place. If the recording is a studio performance, then I prefer to imagine them in my listening room. I like the latter more. I often find audience sounds distract from my enjoyment of the music, like someone tinkling a coffee cup at the next table in Jazz at the Pawnshop. I would rather not hear it.
