Originally Posted by
Eddie
well that's the thing...HOW do we really know the artist's intentions? For all we know, the recording engineer, his headphones, and/or the studio's monitors and room acoustics might've all had their say in whatever ends up on the CD.
"To hear music as it was intended" is a great idea in theory but in practice it seems to me similar to someone claiming to have arrived at a "literal" interpretation of a religious text.
Bottom line is "whatever works best for you" IMHO, trite but true.