Does anyone out there NOT hear a difference in CD

the book of engineering recorded music and remastering recorded music continues to be written. for better or worse however, there will be no consensus. the good news is that 'no consensus' makes recorded music infinitely more interesting. the 'feel' of a recorded track(or song)is a piece of the whole. what the engineer and/or artist is going for is their vision, not ours. take that away to achieve a singular(more uniform) high fidelity, and you're left with a hobby where everything's vanilla

Music is an art.

Recording is an art based on science

Audio is mostly a science.

A successful system is one that works well as a whole and consistently allows the key elements of the recorded art to shine through and produce enjoyment, despite the inherent technical flaws accumulated via both recording and playback during any particular listening session.

Well said Mapman!

Going from a Marantz SA 8005 to an SA-10 was a good change. More refinement. Less grain and glare. There is some analog smoothness in the tonality on most discs