Are there other people out there who find themselves listening to music they don't like just because the recording is so good?
I do quite a bit of listening like that... modern day jazz recordings of people whose performing I don't really enjoy (Krall, Monheit, Elling, Charlap, etc.) and would never listen to if they recorded in say mono in the 1940's, but whose recordings are just so alive and clear that the sound is a pleasure to listen to. Kind of a guilty pleasure.
Of course, it's always so rewarding to get back to Ella, Sarah, Coltrane etc.
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Topic - Good sounding recordings of bad music. - lesleymorley@yahoo.com 20:06:47 04/19/13 (55)
- Advantage to Classical music listeners - Feanor 05:11:46 04/24/13 (0)
- I've been thinking about this and I wonder could it be a "guilty pleasure" of another kind? - Teresa 00:11:43 04/24/13 (0)
- 'tis the difference between an audiophile and a music lover - Ozzie 13:16:53 04/21/13 (3)
- I don't understand people listening to music they don't like - Teresa 04:00:26 04/22/13 (2)
- RE: I don't understand people listening to music they don't like - lesleymorley@yahoo.com 10:01:41 04/22/13 (1)
- What did you expect, a circle jerk? - Chuck Y 11:13:13 04/22/13 (0)
- Heck NO! - JeffH 10:31:41 04/21/13 (0)
- Nope. Try the Computer Audio Asylum... - AbeCollins 13:19:14 04/20/13 (2)
- RE: Nope. Try the Computer Audio Asylum... - Tony Lauck 07:44:10 04/21/13 (1)
- RE: Nope. Try the Computer Audio Asylum... - AbeCollins 10:45:46 04/21/13 (0)
- I tend to like - G Squared 10:57:37 04/20/13 (0)
- True - chuck55 10:38:47 04/20/13 (2)
- RE: True - lesleymorley@yahoo.com 10:57:20 04/20/13 (1)
- Very well put, me too! - rick_m 14:58:27 04/20/13 (0)
- I only own music that I like. (nt) - reelsmith. 10:23:30 04/20/13 (0)
- It's not just a black & white issue - mls-stl 09:41:28 04/20/13 (0)
- Life is too short to waste time listening to music you don't enjoy. - Chuck Y 09:30:40 04/20/13 (0)
- Nope. - mark111 07:49:29 04/20/13 (0)
- Back in the Day of Direct to Disc - Awe-d-o-file 07:34:45 04/20/13 (2)
- Direct to Disc-which didn't you like? - hifitommy 12:56:09 04/20/13 (1)
- RE: Direct to Disc-which didn't you like? - Awe-d-o-file 15:20:11 04/20/13 (0)
- Your problem is you're not listening to the music you're listening to the equipment. nt. - jea48 06:58:04 04/20/13 (0)
- RE: Good sounding recordings of bad music. - RGA 06:40:19 04/20/13 (4)
- If you're critiquing female vocalists - TrustYourEars 19:31:15 04/22/13 (1)
- Yma Sumac did a rock album in 1971 which is really cool. - Teresa 02:03:32 04/23/13 (0)
- RE: Good sounding recordings of bad music. - IEaudiodude 09:35:28 04/20/13 (1)
- RE: Good sounding recordings of bad music. - esande 00:25:52 04/21/13 (0)
- Well.. there is this one album. - FenderLover 05:53:00 04/20/13 (0)
- Yes, Patricia Barber - hifi heretic 04:58:01 04/20/13 (8)
- Cafe Blue - Awe-d-o-file 15:22:40 04/20/13 (0)
- You need to see her live... - mkuller 10:04:38 04/20/13 (3)
- RE: You need to see her live... - morricab 09:16:24 04/25/13 (0)
- ..don't see how that would help. - hifi heretic 07:26:33 04/21/13 (0)
- see her live... - hifitommy 13:09:40 04/20/13 (0)
- LOL. Nice to know I'm not the only one...... - Chuck Y 09:18:54 04/20/13 (0)
- RE: Yes, Patricia Barber - theob 07:17:34 04/20/13 (0)
- LOL... - RGA 07:11:47 04/20/13 (0)
- RE: Good sounding recordings of bad music. - fstein 04:44:23 04/20/13 (0)
- I used to… - b.l.zeebub 02:53:37 04/20/13 (1)
- When I was a teenager I listened to rock music I loved on my 8-track stereo system. - Teresa 03:04:29 04/20/13 (0)
- Nevermind the bad music.... - kuma 00:06:08 04/20/13 (4)
- Wow! - neolith 08:53:50 04/20/13 (2)
- That otta wake up the neighbors. (nt) - mark111 07:52:33 04/20/13 (0)
- Never - kavakidd 00:04:29 04/20/13 (0)
- {{who find themselves listening to music they don't like just because the recording is so good?}} - three_sox 23:56:54 04/19/13 (0)
- Why can't we admit . . . - jnr 23:41:05 04/19/13 (0)
- I'll Admit........ - Todd Krieger 22:12:39 04/19/13 (1)
- I'll Admit........ - hifitommy 13:19:35 04/20/13 (0)
- You'll get over it... - Paul_A 21:43:04 04/19/13 (0)
- Never! With over 50,000 audiophile recordings in every format, surely you can find a 100 you like. - Teresa 21:38:17 04/19/13 (0)
- I listen to a lot of the opposite... - mkuller 20:39:06 04/19/13 (1)
- I don't even do that, If I don't like the music it is gone, - Teresa 21:41:06 04/19/13 (0)
- The curse of audiophilia!! No, I NEVER listen to crummy music well recorded. - Elizabeth 20:36:04 04/19/13 (0)