On Tue, May 7, 2024 at 10:51 AM Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
The thing that many audiophiles fail to grasp is that
there's a
difference between listening and hearing. The fact is that I'm just as
content listening to a recording of an old scratchy 78 with, say, Albert
Schweitzer (yes, that guy) playing Bach on organ as the latest
wunderkind flogging at the same work in surround-sound Dolbyized,
whatever. I hear what AS was trying to say--he could have recorded
the stuff on a steam calliope and still have gotten his point across.
My take anyway--it's rather difficult to explain.
--Chuck
I guess you're saying: the media is NOT the massage.
Sellam