Bad recordings and high end audio


Hello. Have decided that the kids are out of the house and I can dedicate some space and money to my long ignored hobby. What is different now is there are so few audio stores. I firmly believe in listening to products so thus I start this great new chapter of my life. The first 2 stores I went to the people were very patient with me and I listened to a ton of combinations. They asked me did I want to hear anything else and I said  yes, ummm,.. how about Led Zeppelin? I received the same response from both stores which was “all Led Zeppelin recordings are horrible” except for this one version of Led Zeppelin 2…blah blah. So I said what happens if I am at home and i have a desire to play Led Zeppelin or another perceived poor recording? They did not have an answer for me nor did they play Led Zeppelin lol . I ended up ordering a pair of Magnepan 3.7i’s from a different store. 13 weeks until I get them, ouch. I am going to guess that people do listen to poor recordings on great systems because you just want to hear a particular album, right? Or am I missing something? Just looking for a bit of insight. Yes, I know they want it to sound the best so I will buy it but is that the only motivation. Or maybe they hate Led Zeppelin, lol.
daydream816
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Maggies are planner magnetic or quasi ribbon if you prefer, not electrostatic. The more expensive models have ribbon tweeters. .
Wow! Thank you, thank you, thank you. You guys have  given me a ton of awesome suggestions and comments. I apologize as I did not stick a budget out there. I unfortunately do not have an unlimited budget. I would like to try and keep the rest of the system under 10k. I have a turntable to use. That would be the top of my current limit. This is a tough as I would like to do it less expensive then that. There are so many comments I like to acknowledge but can catch everyone. I did look at the Pass Lab stuff and thought they were out of my price range. Now I did not look at used stuff, I am open for that but would seriously be looking at your guys guidance. I can see myself collecting and searching for nice pressing as an extension of this hobby. Tape was always my dream when I was young and I see it is still around and expensive lol. I do have a tendency to overthink and over analyze. I live in Southeast Michigan. They have just one Magnepan dealer in the area. I did drive to another store that was a few hours away that said they had maggies and only had 1.7’s set up, they neglected to tell me this was the only pair they had and then really pushed B&W’s. I am going to read through your responses again and see if I can provide more information if needed.  I appreciate it each response! I am very excited to get this journey going. 
They are just trying to play music that sounds good on their speakers which will not be led zeppelin because led zeppelin requires a speaker that will play it all meaning all kinds of music which most audiophile approved types will not.
Thank you Russ, i did realize that and actually was able to listen to some Martin Logans next to the Maggies. I will admit I do not understand the complete mechanics behind each but have a general understanding. With my now 60 year old ears I enjoyed the Magnepans a bit more. At least in that particular environment. 
You may notice that Led Zep collection spending more time on the shelf rather than on the turntable if you start making it a point to open up your musical horizons and start obtaining better recorded material so you can hear how great sound can be on a good system...

Just think, if you already love the music, now you’ll enjoy the music and what’s providing it to you....👍

It’s more than addictive as evident by how life consuming it is to the people who’ve taken up the hobby... Ask any audiophile.