Let's add that there is much snake oil in the audiophile obsession. Audiophile formats, equipment, and marketing come and go, but the single most important diff

Let's add that there is much snake oil in the audiophile obsession. Audiophile formats, equipment, and marketing come and go, but the single most important differentiating factor in audio quality is the equipment and engineering talent at the time of recording. For example, much of the great early Bluenote jazz was recorded by RVG in the living room of his parents' home in New Jersey. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Van_Gelder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Van_Gelder