I feel your pain. Sadly my solution is I've stopped listening to poorly mastered CDs and have found enough well recorded music that I can live with it. Anything I did to make inferior recordings sound better had negative consequences on better recordings that I couldn't accept. If I listened to a lot of older red book CDs I'd seriously consider switching to vinyl. Best of luck.
Warm sounding power cord for for CD player to suppress digital glare on vocals.
What would be a good warm-signature power cord for a digital component to suppress glare in the upper mids/lower treble? I listen to older CDs (and the Bealtes) and there is definitely some glare in vocals on many of these recordings, mainly in redbook. Thanks in advance.