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I confess to be an audio nut and yet struggle with all the black magic claims from many esoteric products like super expensive cables, spikes, etc,
A moment that grounded me:
My father was rated top 10 trumpet player Down Beat 1958. Played with Sinatra, Dorsey, Kenton, Ella, Peggy, Mulligan to name a few. I was playing hifi recordings for "Dad" on my "stereo" and was suprised he was apethetic; couldn't care less. We talked about it.
He said that he listened to crap radios to here Parker, Coleman, or Elington, etc. "It is not the sound but what they play." Wholly cow, that blew me away.
I proceeded to play a great recording of Ben Webster and he enjoyed it almost as much as the fidelity had me.