What of your CD's have good sonics?

Elizabeth and Energizer. I totally agree with you. It is about the music. BUT.....I am really sensitive to poor sound. It is like scratching a chalk board for me. I couldnt listen to my turntable because it sounded so bad to me. I took it to the dealer and he hooked it up to his high end system and said, "it sounds great! What's wrong with it? I made him check further and it was a little off speed. He corrected it and hooked it up again and I told him it still wasnt right. He worked on it again finding that it was a little off and ended up having to replace the speed control board which fixed the problem. I guess I'm just sensitive to that stuff. I have the same problem with live music. If someone's out of tune it drives me crazy. I frequently pass on certain venues because I know the sound is so bad.
Your comments lead me to believe that part of my problem is my own hearing problems. thanks

Elizabeth has an excellent point. HOWEVER, your system can greatly exacerbate this problem. If you have a brutally honest, hyper detailed system, then you are just getting what you paid for. On the bright side, it's great for demoing the subtle difference between rare bird calls.

I find that very few recordings sound bad on my system. True, some are better than others, but mostly everything is very engaging and highly entertaining. I do have the advantage that I'm totally sick of all music made in the 70's and 80's, so I pretty much only listen to modern stuff.

I'd suggest changing your speakers for something that is warmer and fuller sounding with a laid back treble. Good luck. :)

You guys need an Audiodesk cd lathe and Acoustic Revive RD 3 demagnitizer.This thread would be moot.

I agree it is about the music as well, however if it is a bad recording or transfer that dimishes the enjoyment considerably. I compare it to attending a concert of a favorite performer with bad acoustics and crappy speakers. It doesn't do the artist or audience any good. I think the sad trutch for uys old rock fans is that the majority of the recordings were extra bright coming off the mixing board for the advantage of broadcast radio. It is a damn shame that so many great performances were not preserved as better recordings. So yes it is about the music first but if quality was a moot point we wouldn't be here on audiogon, would we. We love quality in all aspects of music. All just MHO.

CatfishBob,
In the past 1+ years I've known about A'gon, several buyers and sellers have turned me on to the daily double--great music that happens to sound great too on cd.
Rickie Lee Jones-first album, pretty much all of them for sound however
Marcus Miller--Free, Silver Rain (some dynamic, clear bass)
Stanley Clarke--East River Drive
Janis Ian--Breaking Silence
Eric Clapton--Unplugged
Brian Bromberg--Wood
George Duke--Illusions (pretty good sound--awesome music)
Dianne Reeves--Quiet in the Storm
Elton John--Tumbleweed Connection (remastered version)
1/2 rock 1/2 jazz fusion albums--try a couple