Beware poor sounding media

I listen a lot to my system… mostly streaming… so for me it is easy to just move on.

In the past I sure remember waiting with baited breath for a new audiophile pressing of (in this case), Who’s Next and being really realy disappointed. Provided it is a really rare thing I don’t feel it is a reflection of my system… 1 in several hundred. But if it is a small percent or more then I do go hunting… as my systems balance has gotten too far into the analytical side or has too much distortion.

I kinda agree with you. My reality is that no matter how great the performance may be its the audio quality that gets it played most often, but I will not listen to drek just because the AQ is high quality. When I listen to great performances with poor SQ it’s more for reference or as a reminder of what is possible. Fortunately for me its not much of an issue - I have a rather large and broad collection so I have much to choose from (I’m sure you do as well).

Newbee,

I agree. If it’s a historic recording or a great performance, I can suspend my expectations and enjoy.

Fortunately  as with you, the great majority of tracks sound just fine.