There is an interesting difference between the progression of video and audio technology. The quality of video keeps improving on a steady basis as new products come on the market. Audio is the very opposite — some old, vintage analog gear sounds much better than its modern digital equivalent.
One of the finest musical recordings I ever heard was a master tape of a Frank Sinatra session using a 70-year-old Neumann U47 microphone and an ancient custom-built mic preamplifier from 1947. The sonic quality was magical.
