Danlib1, you are obviously a scholar and a gentleman.
Otherwise, JGH poses an important issue in front of us. I admire what he did and what he stood for. However, not all of us have to have the same priorities or opinions. I spend my money and pursue my hobby the way I want to...
1) not so that I can listen to all the warts on my most unplayable CDs but hearr them better than on my neighbors' systems,
2) not so that I can listen to the utmost in fidelity in music RE-production where I do not necessarily appreciate the original,
3) not so that I can get satisfaction that out of all my records, this particular iteration does the best in RE-producing what the recording engineer heard with his own ears as he was testing mike placement.
I do spend my time and money on music and system so that i can enjoy the REcordings I have and I discover. If I wanted to enjoy ONLY live music, I would not even have a transistor radio. As it is, I don't, but I have an iPod, and a stereo, and I am willing to listen to clips of music shared off one earpod on someone else's MP3 player in order to listen to something new. Stanislav Richter, Glenn Gould, Janos Starker (to me) are worth listening to, and I can't do that live. And if I choose to listen to music at 3am, because it soothes me, I can. And if I want to spend my Saturday listening to 5 different conductors leading 5 different orchestras playing 5 different version of Holst's Planets, then by heaven, I can. So sue me.
Aren't hobbies supposed to be fun?
Otherwise, JGH poses an important issue in front of us. I admire what he did and what he stood for. However, not all of us have to have the same priorities or opinions. I spend my money and pursue my hobby the way I want to...
1) not so that I can listen to all the warts on my most unplayable CDs but hearr them better than on my neighbors' systems,
2) not so that I can listen to the utmost in fidelity in music RE-production where I do not necessarily appreciate the original,
3) not so that I can get satisfaction that out of all my records, this particular iteration does the best in RE-producing what the recording engineer heard with his own ears as he was testing mike placement.
I do spend my time and money on music and system so that i can enjoy the REcordings I have and I discover. If I wanted to enjoy ONLY live music, I would not even have a transistor radio. As it is, I don't, but I have an iPod, and a stereo, and I am willing to listen to clips of music shared off one earpod on someone else's MP3 player in order to listen to something new. Stanislav Richter, Glenn Gould, Janos Starker (to me) are worth listening to, and I can't do that live. And if I choose to listen to music at 3am, because it soothes me, I can. And if I want to spend my Saturday listening to 5 different conductors leading 5 different orchestras playing 5 different version of Holst's Planets, then by heaven, I can. So sue me.
Aren't hobbies supposed to be fun?