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“The history of the development of different audio formats from wax to vinyl to tape to CD, indeed, seems itself to be driven by a single-minded, stubborn desire to render the communications system or medium entirely transparent (or inaudible, rather) and to eradicate entirely any interference coming from the system or the medium itself so that we can instead focus solely on the pure audio content of our choice”.
“The obsession to recapture the musical language of the past slides into the production of a new manifold of information […] More and more time, care and money is invested in the medium of sound reproduction; more and more effort is expended to control the listening environment. Even the electricity coming into the house is suspect as a possible source of distortion”.
“The obsession to recapture the musical language of the past slides into the production of a new manifold of information […] More and more time, care and money is invested in the medium of sound reproduction; more and more effort is expended to control the listening environment. Even the electricity coming into the house is suspect as a possible source of distortion”.