Speakers that reveal bad recordings? Not for me.

I love hearing well-recorded music on my fairly neutral and revealing
system.  The complete suspension of disbelief and the unclouded “they are here” or “I am there” experience is one of the pure joys in my life, and there are tons of very good recordings out there that keep me more than happy — especially now with streaming through Qobuz.  Squashing or limiting that for the sake of benefiting poor recordings seems sacrilegious to me, and if I want to listen to crap or lesser recordings I listen to them on a cheap mini system or Alexa where they’re more at home anyway.  But that’s me. 

audiophiles don’t listen to music with their equipment, they listen to their equipment with music. The more obsessed I became with gear and sound quality the less, I found, I was enjoying the music. I love the stones and the beatles but most of their music has no "sound quality" at all. I listen to a lot of good songs streaming youtube music videos but the mp3 s.q. is the worst. I just got maggie LRS speakers and they do make sh!tty recordings almost unlistenable. But I still have my wooden box speakers (ELAC debut B6)for when I want to rock out. And bad recordings do sound more listenable on them. My second wife was hotter looking than my first but sex wasn’t as good. Not sure what this has to do with anything but it seems somehow related.

This hobby is a lot more boring when everything sounds the same. The variety of recordings out there to experience makes it a lot more interesting and surprising at least for me.

The fact is all recordings are done differently and any attempt to ignore that will probably lead to less than desirable results long term. 

@hombre, 

Yes, it's all about fun.

Yes, neither the Beatles or Stones had great sound quality - just adequate I guess. Thankfully George Martin insisted on placing limits on the number of 'bounce downs' permitted per tape.

As for the best sex, apart from mood and circumstances, who can explain any of it?

Anyway I'd strongly advise against mentioning what was best to any current/future partner, the same way I'd advise choosing your words carefully when discussing what might be wrong with an audiophile friends system.

My second wife was hotter looking than my first but sex wasn’t as good. Not sure what this has to do with anything but it seems somehow related.

Its all in the mind. As I said to my wife the other night, "What? You’re having trouble thinking of someone else too?"