First, brush up on your typing skills (so we do not misunderstand your posts) and then listen to someone like Albert Ayler, Roscoe Mitchell or Evan Parker. I mention these folks so you can see how far the "technique bar" has been lifted.
Hal added tenor late in his (second) life. When drummer Hal attended university he discovered they didn't give certificates/diplomas for percussion so he switched to trumpet.
He loved Trane's Interstellar Space and was really impressed when I introduced him to Evan Parker (on record).
This situation has existed for at least half a century, so we can't blame digital. Isolation and dead rooms are not necessarily the same thing.
"Natural sound" can be many different things to different listeners in different listening situations and I don't believe it is always the best sound for a given musical presentation.
No mention of Troy Robinson or Virgil Pumphrey. A big prize (smack on the cheek) for anyone knowing Virgil's second name. Some of you have cds with him.