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paranoid listener, bad recordings

I tend to listen apprehensively for some reason not understanding how durable speakers are at my listening level. So, I hear distortion from time to time coming out of my speakers and freak out thinking i have damaged them. But, I am beginning to think it is on the recordings.

Right now i have a pair of gallo 3.1's in my den that i am wrestling with room position (see other post) because of limited options. I put on some joni mitchell or typically pop recordings, sometimes older jazz, and will hear the distortion. I listen around 75-85db levels.

Am I paranoid, is the distortion in the recordings and should it sound like this on occasion? Is that too loud?
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Every time I play some CDs that I own I think; "Hey what happened to my stereo?".
I like the music but they sound pretty bad, some Bruce Springsteen comes to mind.
Then I put on something that sounds good and I get that "aah..." feeling.
It's funny though, I always forget for a moment and get panicky.
I'm not dismissing some of the other explanations but this could be part of it.
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