Isn't the sound, though, as good as the explanation (have the sound only. (Laughs) The explanation... I shall give you little explanation)?

Expressions researched:
"Isn't the sound, though, as good as the explanation"

1969 Conversations and Morning Walks

Yes. Hearing is always good... Yes. Sound will act. Just like "Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa," is acting, similarly.

Conversation Including Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.2.1-34 Recitation & Explanation -- April 1, 1969, San Francisco:

Devotee: Can you chant for us loudly? Can you chant from the Bhāgavata?

Prabhupāda: Yes, I'll chant. Hare Kṛṣṇa. Oh, thank you very much. All should be offered there, Jagannātha. The etiquette is nice. Everything should be offered to the, through the spiritual master. That is the etiquette. No direct. (Prabhupāda chants the second chapter of First Canto.) One chapter. Just play it. (break) ...have the sound only. (Laughs) The explanation... I shall give you little explanation.

Gargamuni: Isn't the sound, though, as good as the explanation?

Prabhupāda: Yes. Hearing is always good.

Gargamuni: Although we don't know what it means, but just the sound.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Yes. Sound will act. Just like "Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa," is acting, similarly.