Another CD-Player vs. PC question:

"Anyone else besides me find CDs to generally sound very generic, bland and extremely uninteresting. I'm referring to out of the box untreated CDs."

Thank God, no.

"Mapman, just curious, have you had an audiogram test recently?"

Yes, have you? That could be why the CDs sound bland to you.

They sound fine to me, at least when played on good gear that is working properly.

As a whole, CD quality is much better since mid 90's. I have read of various technical factors since then that account for this and observe this in practice as well.

I may not like how all modern CDs are mastered and put together by the producers, but the technical quality of the content overall is much more consistent and the best recordings perhaps also just a tad superior as well. The technology has matured fully these days I would say.