What type of music you listen?
It is funny asking the question without specifying goners!!
Now if someone tells me that Jean-Philippe Rameau'sPICES DE CLAVECIN EN CONCERTS performed by the ensemble Baroque Nouveau is one of the finest recordings ( such album Do exist) and If I am not at all into western classical ,then what conclusion I'll draw when I hear such a recording??
"Referance" is a loose word ,referance without base is meaningless!