That’s my position, too. I listen to a lot of jazz recorded in the 1930s and 1940s, sometimes with audible surface noise from digitized 78s [1], and the musicia

That’s my position, too. I listen to a lot of jazz recorded in the 1930s and 1940s, sometimes with audible surface noise from digitized 78s [1], and the musicianship comes through just fine. I can read a novel or poem on a smartphone, in a paperback, on a fourth-generation photocopy, or in fine letterpress printing on 100% cotton paper. The reading experience might be a bit more comfortable in the last case, but the author’s words are the same in all. I like the Kingsmen’s “Louie Louie,” too. I played it for my grandson yesterday. [1] https://archive.org/details/georgeblood https://archive.org/details/georgeblood