Should a good system sound bad with bad recording?


A friend of mine came home with a few CDs burnt out of "official" bootleg recordings of Pearl Jam NorAm tour...the sound was so crappy that he looked at me a bit embarrassed, thinking "very loud" that my system was really not great despite the money I spent. I checked the site he downloaded from...full concerts are about 200 MB on average. I guess I am dealing with a case of ultra-compressed files. Should I be proud that the sound was really crappy on my set up?!!!!
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10-23-06: Gawdbless
If one has to resort to buying 'remastered' or.. ageing groups/recording companies wanting to make a bit more cash, by fooling punters that this latest 'souped up' (more eq on the mid) version is better than the old version...

Hello, my name is Tvad, and I'm a Punter. I own several remastered CD's. Some of the recordings I own on first generation CD, and a few I originally owned on vinyl. In most cases, but not all, the remasters are clearer with less tape hiss, have better dynamics from top to bottom, and generally possess larger stereo images as a result of the remastering.