Re: Please list "audiophile" recordings.

Posted by SWG (A) on February 25, 2007 at 12:23:17

In Reply to: Please list "audiophile" recordings. posted by Woofer15 on February 24, 2007 at 20:11:45:

As with all such questions, it depends on the listener. There was a time when some "audiophiles" would listen to recordings of trains, or thunderstorms, or other sound effects recordings. To many this would be quite strange, but i knew a gentleman who was really into old trains, so he had some fabulous sounding old train recordings, but he didn't really care that they were impressive when played back on good gear, he was just happy they gave him audio documentation of some old trains.

Another way to put it is that many recordings are lauded for their audio performance rather than their musical performance. yet, there are always going to be people who like those recordings' musical content too. Would you decide not to buy a recording which has great music (for you) just because it also sounds terrific? This just isn't logical. So, surely saying that you don't want to buy "audiophile recordings" doesn't really make sense either. Maybe if you don't want to buy recordings just because they sound good, regardless of whether you enjoy their musical content is a better way of looking at the question.

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Topic - Please list "audiophile" recordings. - Woofer15 20:11:45 02/24/07 (20)

Anything Telarc qualifies as "demonstration quality"... - SE 09:14:19 02/26/07 (5)

Hmmmmm.......... - Kal Rubinson 15:21:16 02/26/07 (1)

I can live with that. I let my enthusiasm get the better of me... - SE 09:36:44 02/27/07 (0)

not true that Telarcs feature the best performances, not by a long shot... - docw 14:32:00 02/26/07 (2)

Opus 3, MoFi, RR, and Groove Note - Robertc88 06:40:34 02/27/07 (1)

From A Sound Quality Perspective At Least - Robertc88 07:09:42 02/27/07 (0)

Re: Please list "audiophile" recordings. - Woofer15 19:40:13 02/25/07 (0)

That whole quantitative/qualitative thing.... - StephenJK 17:20:47 02/25/07 (0)

\\\I don't need a definition of this category of recordings.///........... - three_sox 14:05:23 02/25/07 (0)

Re: Please list "audiophile" recordings. - CD 13:34:17 02/25/07 (0)

Re: Please list "audiophile" recordings. - SWG 02/25/0712:23:17 02/25/07 (0)

"Audiophile recordings" used to... - mkuller 11:28:41 02/25/07 (0)

Re: Please list "audiophile" recordings. - JimL 10:00:52 02/25/07 (0)

pretty much anything on concord records - hifitommy 09:53:25 02/25/07 (0)

Something like this? - nubz 07:50:09 02/25/07 (3)

Re: Something like this? - Todd Krieger 20:15:26 02/25/07 (1)

Re: Something like this? - Mel 04:58:50 02/26/07 (0)

Re: Something like this? - Tuckers 16:12:09 02/25/07 (0)

That's a looooooong list... - musetap 00:27:12 02/25/07 (0)

Here is one of the most well-known audiophile recordings - andy_c 20:30:51 02/24/07 (0)

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Re: Please list "audiophile" recordings. - SWG 02/25/0712:23:17 02/25/07 (0)

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