There are certainly numerous ways a recording can be of poor quality, especially with digital recordings. If the recording is suffering from excessive Dynamic Range Compression, which is very common with modern pop recordings and even remastering of older rock recordings in particular, then the damage is done and there is no "high fidelity" to be found and reproduced. These recordings typically are more enjoyable via low fidelity systems such as ipods and car stereos.
Much of todays music is engineered for inferior playback systems and not intended to be listened thru systems like the ones most of us attempt to assemble.
This is much less of an issue with Classical music and boutique labels such as Telarc, Mobile Fidelity and the like.
Much of todays music is engineered for inferior playback systems and not intended to be listened thru systems like the ones most of us attempt to assemble.
This is much less of an issue with Classical music and boutique labels such as Telarc, Mobile Fidelity and the like.