I don't know how many others have come to the same conclusion, and how it influences them.
When first debating with myself how much better CDs were than LPs back in the 1980s, it seemed to me that since I had some fabulous sounding LPs and some pretty ropey ones, and amongst the first 20 or so CDs I bought there were some with sublime audio quality and others were horrid, that it is certainly not the distribution medium which guarantees (or prohibits) sound quality.
Listening now to a very enjoyable 1945 recording of Pablo Casals it is obvious to me that as a recording it is way more coloured than all the good LPs I own never mind the finest CDs.
I tend to play what I want to listen to next regardless of sound quality, whether historic, LP or CD. I have put a fair bit of effort and money into buying hardware that appeals to my ears but, in the end, I rarely take a recording off because it sounds poor although I do rejoice when the sound is particularly good.
I think the last time I took a poor recording off was a REM CD which was hideously hammered into the limiters, but I was not being inspired by the music anyway - and I haven't tried playing it again.
Am I on my own in this?
When first debating with myself how much better CDs were than LPs back in the 1980s, it seemed to me that since I had some fabulous sounding LPs and some pretty ropey ones, and amongst the first 20 or so CDs I bought there were some with sublime audio quality and others were horrid, that it is certainly not the distribution medium which guarantees (or prohibits) sound quality.
Listening now to a very enjoyable 1945 recording of Pablo Casals it is obvious to me that as a recording it is way more coloured than all the good LPs I own never mind the finest CDs.
I tend to play what I want to listen to next regardless of sound quality, whether historic, LP or CD. I have put a fair bit of effort and money into buying hardware that appeals to my ears but, in the end, I rarely take a recording off because it sounds poor although I do rejoice when the sound is particularly good.
I think the last time I took a poor recording off was a REM CD which was hideously hammered into the limiters, but I was not being inspired by the music anyway - and I haven't tried playing it again.
Am I on my own in this?