Re: My Top Unfair Demonstration/Evaluation Classical Discs -- What Are

On 4 Mar 2009 20:51:27 -0800, Paul Goldstein
<pgoldste@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You seem to be blurring the distinction between a disc that is useful for
testing equipment and a disc that shows off the outermost capabilities of that
equipment. When I shop for audio equipment, I'm much more interested in how a
sonically mediocre recording sounds than in how a hi-fi spectacular sounds. For
every sonically spectacular recording in my collection, I have at least a
hundred monaural recordings or average stereo recordings - and I play the latter
much more often than the former.

I think both are necessary. I always try to have a range of
recordings, both in terms of program content and audio
characteristics. IMHO, the fundamental common feature is a
very intimate familiarity with the discs.

Kal


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