alex, I've been away a couple of days visiting old friends so I'm late in responding to you. I'll just say this.
I admit to being guilty of having one foot in the music appreciation door and the other in the audiophile door. That can create conflicts sometimes. But I would suggest that most folks I know who identify as being audiophiles will have a strong preference for newer recordings, whether they are jazz or any other category. That is a major element in driving the reissue market on audiophile labels. It is more the true music lovers who "get into" or appreciate the sonics of the original recordings from the '50s and '60s. I don't believe it was audiophiles who drove up the prices on the original BN LPs. So if my comments on older recording procedures suggested audiophile listening that was not my intent. Just the opposite in fact. But none of this is important so long as we each find recordings we enjoy of music we love.
BTW, "Rumble" was released when I was in high school and I still have than and many other classics from that time on original 45s. That brought a smile to my face.
I admit to being guilty of having one foot in the music appreciation door and the other in the audiophile door. That can create conflicts sometimes. But I would suggest that most folks I know who identify as being audiophiles will have a strong preference for newer recordings, whether they are jazz or any other category. That is a major element in driving the reissue market on audiophile labels. It is more the true music lovers who "get into" or appreciate the sonics of the original recordings from the '50s and '60s. I don't believe it was audiophiles who drove up the prices on the original BN LPs. So if my comments on older recording procedures suggested audiophile listening that was not my intent. Just the opposite in fact. But none of this is important so long as we each find recordings we enjoy of music we love.
BTW, "Rumble" was released when I was in high school and I still have than and many other classics from that time on original 45s. That brought a smile to my face.