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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
speakermaster
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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.
daydream816 OP
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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. 
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flasd
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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.
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tomic601
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with a $10 k budget i would buy a used Aesthetix Atlas stereo amp. A true beast of an amp worthy of the Maggies. I would pair that with a used Audio Research Ref 3 preamp.Set your planers up well and you will have a formidable system….

There are many other combinations

I assume you visited Paragon ?
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asvjerry
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...nothing from 'The Past' will sound quite the same on semi-SOTA or even the 'nominal' of Now....
If it haven't been 'remastered' (which can be considered as 're-eq'd' and generally 'tweaked'), it will play like 'back when' what we listened with is generally considered....junk....with exceptions....
(Fair enough, y'all?....ok....)

The sound you seek to recreate is There.....in the grooves or the pits of the CD....but it'll take doing to dig it out....;)

Swapping equipment can drain an account as fast as a divorce.
Consider some simple room arrangements with easy to do acoustima'...drapes, rugs, pets....
Take as much time as you'd like to consider what and how to proceed.
Maggies' tend to like power, carefully applied.
Ohm ratings become a religion.
'Upstream' equipment can spark multi-page 'discussions' here. ;)

Oh...Have fun, since that's the basic premise....
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