@bkeske
Brian, I have that album and my copy is also rather poor SQ. For me, it sounded better on a lesser system in years past. My system today is such a high resolution that I hear the poor SQ that much more so. Either way, it's a wonderful album of music and I hope that you can enjoy it better than you have in the past. Now that Fragile has been reissued as a UD-1S and The Yes Album is forthcoming in a 45 RPM high quality reissue from Friday Music (I have it on pre-order, scheduled to ship in early April) I am hoping that Close To The Edge will also follow in a high quality reissue.
We shall see. Enjoy what you have, and probably the Hagerman Trumpet does play a role in that.😊