Quality system, make poor recordings sound better?

Alot of studios use ATC scm50 monitors that cost over 20k . So all this talk about studios using inferior equipment is not true . The founder of Stereophile magazine stated the ATC were the closest thing to live sound he heard in his home.

Try listening between 2 and 4 AM, least electrical junk on line most places.

The true test of a good system is that you want to listen for hours on end and "recording quality" is not a deterrent but just part of the artistic presentation.

Also I don;t agree it can't be revealing and musical. It can. Just keep noise and distortion to a minimum. Then what is revealed is only what was intended. YMMV.

good point mapman . noise and distortion is a sound quality killer on any system

Also, one really needs to be a music lover. A music lover loves all kinds of music and will listen to almost anything at least once. That's me.

If you are not a music lover, there may still be good reasons to bother with any of this stuff, but not any that would pertain to me.