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And isn’t that the quote that Axo was paraphrasing and turning back on Toole? I took as an attempt at ironic humor…
I do think it seems to have gone over some people's heads. Axos does not deny, or as far as I remember denigrate, Toole's valuable body of work. Axos DOES, I observe, take exception to Toole acolytes who take Toole as unquestionable holy writ or who may make dubious arguments from citing Toole.
In any case, it's interesting that Toole is cited to re-enforce the division between those who care about the original artistic recording. Yet Toole has said he also enjoys upmixing stereo to surround as well. So are we to declare Toole among those "content not to hear the art as it was created?"
I'm not going to say that. I agree with Toole: upmixing stereo to surround can be wonderful. I do it all the time.
When possible I prefer not to make divisions regarding the accuracy issue that imply mind-reading someone's "intent" or "contentment" or not, or carry some implicit value judgment on how someone gets the musical message from the artist.