Don't blame me if it ruins your favourite audio CD you thought sounded fantastic.
You must have guessed my response, and yes, it does pay sometimes to be left in blissful ignorance.
But as I was saying before, so many influences on a recording, you just have to be realistic, and choose a sound system that gets as near as possible to your own preffered sound, quality of the recording not withstanding.
And lets be honest, a poor system can cause a lot more damage, for want of a better word, than any compression methods.
And no, this knowledge will not spoil my favourite CD. I`ve been into listening for a lot of years, and have changed my system over those years into something that gives me the sound I like. And I have a system now that still knocks me out every time I listen to it. And that`s what it`s really about in the end.
But that didn`t mean spending a small fortune, because hi-fi equipment is one of the best examples of diminishing returns there is. And I`ve known guys who have spent lavishly on gear that would fill a stadium with sound, and then wondered why it don`t sound right in their front room.
We could go on for ever with this, (and why not), Vinyl over CD, the toyed with idea years ago to introduce video tape for audio recording. This I read at the time would have introduced a new level of quality. I actually recorded a few albums onto video tape, and the sound was good.
Only problem was finding what you wanted on a 3 or 4 hour tape. Definitely a non starter.
Whats gonna come next ? Who knows, whatever it is, it ain`t gonna match the magic of being in a stadium with the bass vibrating through your body.
Regards