So in my opinion/experience, the issue is the recording. I know of no other way to address this. Do you,
@rpeluso Yeah, this is definitely a case of different strokes for different folks and I don’t think either of us is wrong — we just handle it the way that works best for us. For me, I don’t want to insert any extra cables and equipment into my system if not absolutely necessary. I only listen to well-recorded music on my main system and I don’t want anything to potentially degrade the sound of those recordings on my system, and I find it hard to believe inserting an equalizer and another pair of interconnects onto the signal path doesn’t have at least some negative effect. If I listen to less well-recorded material I’ll listen to it on a Bluetooth speaker or something similar, but there’s so much excellent well-recorded and new music via Qobuz out there I really never feel the need to listen to poorly recorded music. One example — I’m a huge Steely Dan fan but especially their earlier stuff is not well recorded (at least digitally) so if I get the urge I’ll enjoy them on my Bluetooth speaker (Audio Engine B2) and enjoy it just fine. Anyway, that’s what works for me and glad you’ve found a great solution that works well for you, and the world keeps spinning.