The poor production albums are a disappointment, but the good ones and the superior ones certainly make up for it. Fortunately, I have far more range from good to superior, than not. It's truly a shame that mass produced albums typically began with a quality recording but the mass production process often times fell to poor quality of pressings (and all of the steps involved). Greed took priority over quality. I plan on adding a second tonearm to my turntable (fortunately, it is capable) and will play those inferior ones on a lesser quality cartridge. The main purpose being not to add hours on a very expensive cartridge. The music still prevails for me to want to listen to it, even if the album SQ is less than stellar. But wow, those great ones sure are a pleasure. The more my system has improved the greater the enjoyment of excellent analog playback.
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?