The truth about why modern music is so awful.

Agree, Pop Music is pretty awful.  There are however a lot of artists and recordings that are not mainstream that are amazing.  You just have to look for them.

@bmontani  yes and the same goes for vintage recordings. Thanks to YouTube it's easier than ever to explore the lesser known or forgotten recordings from Pop's colossal back catalogue.

Here are a few examples,

Elvis - Puppet on a String
https://youtu.be/Sm2s3-_OFWY

Bob Dylan - Abandoned Love
https://youtu.be/BwV36JL_G0s

Genevieve Waite - White Cadillac
https://youtu.be/ZMQ3BoBSi-M

and many, many more you won't hear on your radio.

Too much compression in most popular music. Kills the dynamic range.

I think Lyngdorf used to, and possibly still do a 'clever' cd player to cope better with compressed recordings - I recall reading it did a great job with the Muse album black holes and revelations in a HiFi plus review years ago.