How much is about the recording

russ69 I hear what you're saying. I've thought of adding an A+ list of the recordings that are truly incredible.

@tomcarr luckily I like Radka Toneff, “Jazz in the Pawn Shop”, and a few other vocals, jazz and other gendres.
The list of only Pink Floyd and limited, few others, gets a bit redundent.
we sort of need a few in each gendre, maybe even including Country or Rockbilly to really be inclusive… 😎

I’m pretty happy with my simple streaming set-up.  I often read (my real passion) while listening to music playlists on Qobuz, and the songs that make me stop reading and listen are typically the well recorded, high-res ones, whether I like the song or not.  I guess that’s my barometer.

Thanks Tom, I certainly have enough of those artists to sample the range of recording quality you're describing. 

Mike

I always use spherical styli (Denon 103) for cuts with low dynamic range. Save the micro-line for the audiophile versions. There’s an analog solution for everything. 

It's all about the recording.