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Beware poor sounding media

One of the hardest things to accept as an audiophile is an inferior sounding CD, stream, record etc. It’s too easy to personalize it as a flaw in the system.
ideally, we should accept each track on it’s own sonic merits, good or bad, and enjoy the music thereon. But, too often, it can destroy the enjoyment of a listening session and blanket the experience.

Anyone else experience this?

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ghdprentice
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@jonwolfpell 

It really is amazing how long the rein of vinyl has been.

At long last which media sounds better is a function of the equipment you own. Took a long long time.

ghdprentice
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I listen a lot to my system… mostly streaming… so for me it is easy to just move on.

In the past I sure remember waiting with baited breath for a new audiophile pressing of (in this case), Who’s Next and being really realy disappointed. Provided it is a really rare thing I don’t feel it is a reflection of my system… 1 in several hundred. But if it is a small percent or more then I do go hunting… as my systems balance has gotten too far into the analytical side or has too much distortion.

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