I grew up listening to bands like the Doors, the Beatles, the Who, etc. on a crappy little all in one turntable with detachable speakers and my transistor radio. We're talking about the late 60s-very early 70s. I'm biased in believing that there was something very special about the music of that era.
Recently I was listening to Riders on the Storm from the LA Woman album remastered in high res on my quite nice system (sorry, no Bryston in it) and was stunned by the depth and clarity not only of the music but of Morrison's voice. Infinitely better than how it sounded on that scratchy record all those years ago when I fell in love with the music. It occurred to me that when we hear the remastered sound on a high end system, it's how the band sounded in the studio when they recorded the music and this is how it was meant to be heard, in all of its power and glory. This is the main reason that I became something of an audiophool - I can now listen to those great bands of 50 years ago and hear how they really sounded.
