Bad recordings and high end audio

@cycles2 thank you for letting me know about the subs even with the 20s. As I figure this out I might need to add the subs later from a cost perspective. I initially was thinking about the 1.7s but once I heard the 3.7is I knew I wanted them lol. So I spent a bit more on the speakers now I am reworking my budget ,  turning in all my cans and bottles lol 

@gumbedamit  i am still working on the amps to drive these things. I still have time as i was told 13 weeks for the maggies. Still have 9-10 weeks left. Looking at all options. Its been a challenge. Any one have an opinion about the Cary SS amp? Did not  know they had one but received an email about Labor day sale. 

The best dealers are the ones who can get pretty much anything. They may lean to the more expensive items since they make a % of the sale. But they can lay out all the options.

As far as MC goes, that's fine for him. I prefer to buy from someone I can see that has products that are made in some decent quantity by reputable companies. Although I've bought from several dealers since some of my purchases have been below the minimum level of the guy who can get anything, I still bounce things off of him and he has never steered me wrong (and he doesn't hang up on me). He's kind of blunt, not warm and fuzzy. Some people like to be schmoozed. I'm a Joe Friday kind of guy...."just the facts ma'am".

As far as record quality goes, some things just were not recorded that well (Bob Marley - Legend). If I like the music, I still listen to it, but the average quality may influence the frequency of how often that happens. Similarly, if it is something I like that sounds great, it spins more often. I definitely would not buy something just because it sounds good or was recorded well. If I don't like it, I don't like it. I am not trying to impress anyone in demoing my system. It's about the music, and trying to get it to be reproduced as perfectly as recorded/intended.

Off topic but man, If you're going to listen Led Z, or any other rock/heavy rock music, then JBL is the ticket. All those live concerts I saw were only played with JBL equipment.  Now, they're not the same like the ones for home music listening, but still JBL for hard rock at a decent price. Surely, they're not Bowers & Wilkins, but for the price difference, I love the sound coming out of my L980s, helped by two subs in my set up.

@robert_1 rock will not be my main  genre of music. This all started because I was asked at 2 dealers in a row what else they could show me. I went through the different music I had heard and thought…hmmm…what about Led Zeppelin. They told me no lol.