Has your HiFi changed your musical tastes

music and sound are different phenomena. what determines preference for specific music is independent for what type of "sound" one likes.

thus , my musical tastes have changed very little since i was in high school. I have always liked jazz and classical, but occasionally listen to "new age", especially electronic-based music and some blues and bluegrass. my expension into other musical genres had nothing to do with sound quality.

Radiohead- I first heard them when most of my music listening was in a car. Not all that impressed. 18years later, on a high resolution setup, I really enjoy a lot of their stuff.

An audiophile maxim . I don't like music I just like the way it sounds .

One thing i can still enjoy a crummy recording of a great performance.
I especially love the old Jazz on Properbox sets. They are mostly 78 transcriptions put on Cd for an artists work, some monaural LPs.. usually from the 30's to the 50's, four discs 70+ minutes each. Fantastic value for the $16 bucks most of the sets cost.
I own over FORTY of the Properbox Jazz box set titles.
Most have decent sound, considering they come from 78s.

When a recording has a fabulous sound besides a good performance, that is nice. But a poor recording of a great performance does not bother me in the least, if that is all there is.

Furtwangler- old recordings/technology. But the magic's there, and more of it is heard with a quality setup.
Which is why I'm into the hardware.