What about all the remasters and remixes out there. Is this attempt to satisfy audiophiles or simply to extract more money from consumers? I presume many of these producers/engineers paying attention to sound quality, bean counters couldn't care less. I state this based on better sound quality I hear on many of these remastered/remixed recordings vs originals. There can be no doubt some of this due to better adc and dac equipment, so not intentional about better sound quality, but at least some of these remixes superior, which is intentional.
Quality of recording
Sparked by @jumia 's post about the quality of recording...
I wonder how often recording engineers tweak recordings to sound best on the kind of system they think most of their listeners will have, as opposed to going for "pure" audio quality.