One needs to be careful about conflating poor recordings with poor playback. They are two separate issues!
Traditionally, the ability to discern the difference between an oboe and a cello playing in its higher registers has been a benchmark of fidelity for the last 100 years- and its still a thing.
Traditionally, the ability to discern the difference between an oboe and a cello playing in its higher registers has been a benchmark of fidelity for the last 100 years- and its still a thing.