In the context of hifi - high fidelity : IE fidelity to the recording.So what is quality then?
If you define quality as "what someone likes" then of course there is no measurement for that. Becasue the liking of it will be tied up in all sorts of things separate from the actual measureable quality of the music. Emotions, nostalgia, atmosphere, memories etc etc.
For example, I love listening to an old vinyl copy I have of A Hard Day's Night - not because the reproduction is superb quality, but because it is the only recording I have that used to belong to my Dad. I love the idea I am listing to the exact same thing he listened to when I was a baby. I am particularly looking forward to listening to it with my currently new born grandson. But these are all the emotions tied up in that particular recording, and have nothing to do with the objective quality of it.
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