"David Looser" wrote in message
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"dc" wrote in message
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High Dave, nice to see a new poster here, even if you couldn't have come
up
with a less common name ;-)

Well thanks for the welcome - I have been reading along for several years,
mostly enjoying the eclectic "morning tea" discussions.

The great unmentionable topic on audio groups, ISTM, is the quality of
commercial recording. As you've mentioned some recordings are
extraordinarily good, but many are mediocre and some downright poor. I've
always wondered why "audiophiles" will spend so much time, effort, and
money
on trying to choose the "best-sounding" cables or whatever, but hardly
ever
get exercised by the poor quality of so many of the available recordings.

David.


Yes I agree. A modest system, well placed in its environment often exposes
recording issues or mixing decisions, changing a cable, at least in my
experience, much more subtle. I suspect that "decent sound" might mean
different things to the ipod generation. My experience from my children's
friends, is that once they have heard "decent sound" they learn to tell the
difference. In several cases I feel slightly responsible for starting them
on the treadmill to a better system!

Dave
Christchurch
New Zealand