Quality system, make poor recordings sound better?

To Maplegorvemusic, here's an example of a poorly mastered recording: Dukes Of The Stratoshpear.
This is a remastered version done by Carolin Records, whoever they are, and is just awful. To be fair, I have never heard the original on Virgin Records so maybe this sound was intended. Never the less, it sounds terrible on a quality system, or a quality headphone setup. Maybe it would sound fine over the air on an FM radio.

Katy lied by steely dan is a great example concerning this thread. I have always liked Steely dan and heard many times that album has problems. I just didnt understand until recently.

I can only come to the conclusion, the resolution of my system is now revealing the weakness or issues.
Oilmanmojo

Very interesting as Katy Lied has a couple of my favorite Steely Dan songs. I haven't listened to it except on my ipod in the last...actually I can't remember the last time U sat and listened closely to it. Makes me wonder if my system as is will reveal the flaws.