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Since I haven't complained about it for a couple of days, my company truck's CD player is so bad that it gets almost nothing right, ever.

Still, while subjecting myself to this singularly terrible sound, I began to notice that every so often some sound from the speakers would sound "real" enough to make me wake up and think that this sound was "real" and that it was coming from somewhere other than the terrible speakers.  Even after tracing the sounds to the speakers did not diminish the "real" quality of the sound.

At the same time, there was never any thought that any of these "real" sounds were the real sounds of the music I aimed to be listening to at the time.

As an example, there were some clicking sounds that I quickly narrowed down to the exact sound of a stick or sticks striking something.  But further listening revealed that these "real" sounds of thin sticks striking "something" were the incorrect renditions of drum sticks striking a metal rim, etc.

Broadening out this example to create some thin ice to stand on, it is clear that even while the best Musical reproduction can put "real" sounds to good service, totally "realistic" sound/sounds is/are no guarantee of Music, at all.

Paul S

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