I agree wholeheartedly with Pettyofficer regarding recording quality.
We spend countless hours and dollars refining our systems for the "absolute sound", when the reality is the music sounds only as good as the recordings allow (regardless of the medium).
This is the fundamental truth that we often forget.
If recording quality was improved, all our systems would suddenly sound significantly better, and with little additional cost.
Unfortunately, recordings are the product of producers, engineers and artists who all have different tastes, priorities and budgets, so recording quality will always vary.
We spend countless hours and dollars refining our systems for the "absolute sound", when the reality is the music sounds only as good as the recordings allow (regardless of the medium).
This is the fundamental truth that we often forget.
If recording quality was improved, all our systems would suddenly sound significantly better, and with little additional cost.
Unfortunately, recordings are the product of producers, engineers and artists who all have different tastes, priorities and budgets, so recording quality will always vary.