What I see different today is not so much about the medium but what it is played out on. High-end stereo used to be much more common. Speakers that were fantastic, marvelous tube amps. We also had some pretty poor sounding stuff coming out of the push button Am radio in the 56 Chevy...lol

I don't think it makes much difference if it is vinal, two-inch tape, or MP3 if you have a cell phone headset stuck in your ears.

Perhaps it is even worse for many of us who spend hours listening to studio monitors or studio headsets leaving little time to listen to the high-end stereo gear that a few of us actually still own.

I find that VSTs are so convenient that it is easy to forget about the truly high-quality tube guitar amps I have setting here that I have spent hours designing and building. Well the VSTs are modern and convenient and I do like them but I have never listened to one that sounded like one of my custom tube amps.

I have vinal but I get lazy and it is just so much less work to grab the song off youtube. For many reasons we now live lives around lower quality stuff made in China and made in America.

The music does not have to be great sounding to be fun to listen to. I still have a 1950's transistor pocket radio.

Billy

“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”