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Compressed recordings? HiFi enemy 1?

Some people say the source is the most important. But this is really the record or CD disc not the player.
Also, I have heard it said that lack of dynamic range is a major problem why Hi-Fi will never sound real. But then almost every recording is compressed which reduces dynamics.
I don't know why this is done but instead of all these exotic DAC's and upsamplers why not a player that will uncompress the music back to how it was originally recorded?

Wouldn't this improve the sound more?
cdc

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I think with music that has been compressed a lot, I have to put the volume really low. Even then it sounds too loud. And just bumping up the volume a hair has a big effect on volume.
Sometimes I hear a song and don't really like the tune but it sounds good from a sound quality perspective. When I then look at the CDP (which shows playback sound level), the meter is all over the place. An indication of less compression?
Hopefully with all those B&W speakers as monitors, we'll be getting better quality recordings in the near future.
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