Serious question - not picking a fight... just the other day whilst listening to my local NPR station, they were plugging an upcoming concert for the "World Renowned Colorado Symphony" which made me think back to when I was a kid - it was a big deal to go see the Detroit Symphony play, and they were regarded as some one of the best in the world.... I lived in Utah a while and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Utah Symphony were acclaimed as one of the best in the world... I'm not questioning any of them - they all are, in my truly humble opinion, nothing short of amazing. I just wonder how much of the "best in the world" stuff is marketing... I mean, is there really a way to compare and judge these things? It feels like at some point, they're all at such a pinnacle of performance... it would be hard to not be one of the best in the world... or maybe people think so highly of some of these orchestras since they wouldn't expect so much to come from dying cities (Detroit, Cleveland) or cow-town-hickville (Utah, Colorado). I dunno.. just musing.they are one of the best in the world.