Great question! The more you go up in electronics, the more revealing your system becomes. Sometimes there are differences in SQ within songs on a side of a vinyl record but more frequently the differences in SQ occur on different sides of an album.
Less expensive gear doesn't pick up these SQ differences. That's why rock, for example, is very hard to get right with vinyl on high end systems but generally sounds good on less expensive systems.
It takes a lot of work to get a high end rig to sound amazing both in gear symmetry and software. Just throwing expensive gear together and expecting great results is a recipe for SQ frustration and disaster. "Ignorance is bliss" applies to rigs that don't detect subtle differences of SQ information in the grooves and there's nothing wrong with that because it's all about enjoying the music...
Does Every Track Sound Great on Your System?
How do you know if it is the recording or your system?
By way of example with a focus on bass, for some songs I like the amount of bass, then another song I feel like it needs more bass to hit harder, and then another song I feel like there is too much bass and it is boomy. Does that ever happen to you? I feel like I am getting the treble sorted out, but going back and forth on the bass.
Can anyone listen to the first 20 second of the song Temptation by Diana Krall from the Girl In The Other Room album and let me know if there is a bass component that is a bit much? The vocals sound good so no issue there.
Thanks.