Top Quality Audio Is Key to Finding Good Records 
There is a truism (a statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting) that frequently pops up in the comments section commonly found on audiophile forums.
Working similarly to Godwin’s law, the longer an audiophile thread goes on, the more likely it is to be said. A quick recap of Godwin’s law:
“Godwin’s law, short for Godwin’s law (or rule) of Nazi analogies, is an Internet adage asserting: “As an online discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1.”
The truism I’m talking about is commonly phrased, “It’s the music, stupid,” an echo of James Carville’s “It’s the economy, stupid,” from Bill Clinton’s presidential campaign of 1992. (I prefer not to use the word “stupid” when discussing my fellow audiophiles’ comments, but the play on words does not work without it, so there it is.)
Who would be foolish enough to take up the other side of this “argument,” if we can call it that?
Allow me to have a go at it.
So, if I understand correctly, it’s all about the music, right? Not the sound?
What about other kinds of art? What is it about with respect to them?
Christopher Nolan shoots on IMAX film, which in its current iteration is either 65 or 70mm.
If his movies are about a story and its characters, why not shoot them on 35mm? Or 16mm. Or Super 8? Or, gasp, HD-digital?
Same story, same characters. But it sure wouldn’t be the same experience.
And nobody has trouble understanding that. Here’s Nolan on 70 mm.
“[The] sharpness and the clarity and the depth of the image is unparalleled. The headline, for me, is by shooting on IMAX 70 mm film, you’re really letting the screen disappear. You’re getting a feeling of 3-D without the glasses. You’ve got a huge screen and you’re filling the peripheral vision of the audience. You are immersing them in the world of the film.“
But music is different for some reason? To paraphrase Joe Pesci, different how?
Music is nothing but sound, so without good sound, what do you really have?