Compromises (recording quality)

its become my opinion over the last three decades, that if i intended to be both a 'stereo-type' and a music collector, that the thrills each of these hobbies hold, had to be held apart for sanity's sake. Sometimes they meet, but for the most part if you love an artist or a recording that is technically average...it simply is what it is.....by the same token, the best sounding equipment current or future (on a technical level), never lives up to the one you regret getting rid of.....comes with the territory and the beat goes on

Sugar coating should be left in the hands of the recording engineer :).

if one configures a stereo system to minimize errors of inaccuracy, it may be possible to alter the sound of a stereo stereo system to accomodate inferior recordings.

for the majority of one's recordings one would maintain the "virtually" neutral system. for the few "bad" recordings, one could apply the bandaids, and then remove them .

thus one creates the best of both situations, the better quality recordings and the poor recordings, without incurring the wrath of shadorne and the other perfectionists on this forum.