https://youtu.be/oVME_l4IwIIThis is a
really well done explanation that covers all the points. Well worth listening to. Many of us from the 50's, 60's & 70's listen to todays music and wonder WTF happened? It is not the same as what your parents thought despite the surface similarities... todays pop music is poison in my opinion. And go figure, it is impossible to get to sound good on a high fidelity playback system. What cracks me up, is on Tidal for example, they have high resolution masters of much of this crap which when compared to the mp3 sounds even more offensive.
God Bless our music library! But be frugal and put your favorite music on disk, on memory cards, on tape or buy more LPs. Nothing will suck worse than having all of your music vaporize in the cloud during technical difficulties or power outages lasting extended periods of time.
The video features a great explanation of commonly used audiophile descriptor "Timbre", so if you're new to all the adjectives of this hobby the video is worth watching on this alone.
Happy listening!
Steve