Listening to music I don’t particularly like

I don’t think that anyone here doesn’t take into account the sound of his system when making a selection of what to play. And no matter what the musical content, the sound is important.   Having said that, if you make that selection solely on the basis of SQ, it’s certainly not going to be as fulfilling as with music you like.

‘Indeed, You appreciate your system and it’s qualities MORE with something you like.

You enjoy listening.  Nothing wrong with that, not at all.

I don't listen to music i like which is not well recorded or i liste to such music in my car. I was and still remain a rock fun but no more listen to most of the rock. There are though exceptions. Blues,bin general, is better recorded, there are recordings of quite acceptable quality of Jimi Hendrix, Erick Clapton, Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, etc. Emerson Lake and Palmer and King Crimson albums have tolerable SQ unlike Genesis and Jethro Tull. 

But the majority of artists i listen regularly are jazz and classical musicians. There are 1950s jazz recording which sound better than almost any rock and many temporary jazz albums. In classics, for me, ADD CD s sound better than DDD ones. 

I don’t think that anyone here doesn’t take into account the sound of his system when making a selection of what to play. And no matter what the musical content, the sound is important. Having said that, if you make that selection solely on the basis of SQ, it’s certainly not going to be as fulfilling as with music you like.

Alot goes into putting together a hifi system that pleases the owner. One element is being honest about what sorts of music, from what sources, and then making the sure the system plays that in a really pleasing way consistently.

Just listening to Mickey Hart Dafos. Yes, MC… interesting collection of sounds. Well recorded… about once every ten years or so sounds about right.