I've been posting stuff in Off Topic. Time to post that sort of stuff here.
I've come to the conclusion you cannot have the perfect sound system. Money being a huge factor. SO, from now on, I'm going to concentrate on source material. I like vinyl, but it's just too much of a pain. Like a really high end knife, you need to keep it in top condition - all the time. Back to digital it is. I do like the sound of analog tape but that medium fades over time. I really do need to find and fire up the Nakamichi TD 1200 MKII.
CD's are convenient, but like the newer vinyl releases, the remastering is sub par. I've been listening to higher end digital sources. Right now, I'm listening to an HDAD version of The Alan Parsons Project - The Turn of a Friendly Card. I've had this for a long time, but never listened to it properly.
I need to explore DSD. I have plenty of SACD's that are DSD. Again, the mastering is the key. So many versions of software out there.
Anyway, I find anything pressed in Japan is top notch. Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs stuff is also reliable, although a few of their stuff is not that great.
Sometimes, I would just sit back and put on a really lousy mastered CD of a great album and just enjoy it for what it is.
I'm looking forward to the remastered Steely Dan albums - Bernie Grundman.
https://pitchfork.com/news/steely-da...sued-on-vinyl/
Coming out at the end of September. Neptoon Records will be ordering them in LP form. I think I'll order the Super Audio CD version of it (Aja) from Acoustic Sounds.
https://store.acousticsounds.com/?ga...AaApm0EALw_wcB