I've found as my systems resolution has gotten higher sub-par recording do sound better and exceptional recordings sound even better.
So if you have recording "A" which would rate as a 3 in quality of recording. and recording "B" which would rate as a 7. Years go by and you up grade to higher resolution components.
You again re-rate recording"A" as a 4 and recording "B" as a 9 so the noticeable gap between the two has widened.
This could be perceived as poor recording quality sounding worse.
Just a few thoughts from a lunatics mind.
So if you have recording "A" which would rate as a 3 in quality of recording. and recording "B" which would rate as a 7. Years go by and you up grade to higher resolution components.
You again re-rate recording"A" as a 4 and recording "B" as a 9 so the noticeable gap between the two has widened.
This could be perceived as poor recording quality sounding worse.
Just a few thoughts from a lunatics mind.