OP. I'm going to disagree with you. I say that you know your system is great when mediocre recording sound "good" and great recordings sound great. I had a Krell KPS20i way back when. The system it was connected to was so good most CD's (not bootlegs of course) sounded at the very least enjoyable. I remember The Turtles sounding like I was in the studio with them. I no longer have any of those components. The Turtles haven't sounded the same since. Joe
So how can a great system solve less than great recordings
It seems no matter how good a system is, the quality of recording quality takes priority.
Formsome reason nobody talks about challenges of making older recordings sound better. Classics from 70s and 80s are amazing tunes, but even remastered editions still cant make sound qualiity shortcomings all better. Profoundly sad. Some older stuff sounds quite good but lots of stuff is disturbing.
Formsome reason nobody talks about challenges of making older recordings sound better. Classics from 70s and 80s are amazing tunes, but even remastered editions still cant make sound qualiity shortcomings all better. Profoundly sad. Some older stuff sounds quite good but lots of stuff is disturbing.