Has audiophilia changed your music taste?

Gunbei; the train recordings...too funny!

I also agree with you about finding John Coltrane. the entire reason i got into hifi was to get as close to really hearing this guy as i could. like matchstikman i also got away from my old tastes and now just can't wait to blast some great jazz and enjoy the full range of the instruments as loudly as i can and pretend i'm listening live. i'm always putting on old stuff i liked only to hop up after a few seconds and stick on somethign from coltrane again. i just became fully addicted. same with female vocals; nina simone, cat power and others.

thats the long answer to a great post: yes, my music tastes have changed...and i like it!

for a real treat that might also change tastes for people; find the 45 speed single one-sided pressing of Louis Armstrong singing "St. James Infirmary" on Classic records. (~$15/$20?) I heard this on a reference system at a dealer with Dekay and some others from audiogon. i always liked louis armstrong, i just never 'got' that he was a genius. man, to have heard some of these guys live... oh, well. that's why we're spending all our money here.

Nope, I still listen to the same old trash I always have. Now, even more - they keep remastering it!

I've started listening to a wider range of music. Nothing will get me into rap of hard rock though.

Me neither-hasn't made the slightest bit of difference to the music I listen to.
I don't even know how it could unless you were more interested in the recording quality than the actual music.

I still listen to the stuff I used to: Classical, Accoustic Jazz, and rock that isn't too metalic, but with improved sound, I'm spending more time on vocalists of all genres than ever before as long as they are well engineered.