How much is about the recording

@russ69 I hear what you're saying. I've thought of adding an A+ list of the recordings that are truly incredible.

That list is a good barometer to compare quality for sure.  I'm lucky that my system can finally portray the venue's ambiance or lack of.   It quickly sorts out bad recordings from great ones, but at the same time recordings that were almost un-listenable in past systems are enjoyable again.   I can appreciate "rough" recordings for what they are and great recordings sound pretty awesome. 

@oddiofyl Exactly! 

Chicken and the Egg 

Which is more important?

A. Tweaking your system, room, music collection to achieve audio nirvana.

B. The pursuit of new music

russ69 I hear what you're saying. I've thought of adding an A+ list of the recordings that are truly incredible.

@tomcarr luckily I like Radka Toneff, “Jazz in the Pawn Shop”, and a few other vocals, jazz and other gendres.
The list of only Pink Floyd and limited, few others, gets a bit redundent.
we sort of need a few in each gendre, maybe even including Country or Rockbilly to really be inclusive… 😎