Excellent sounding LPs

For me, even back in the day, when I bought Vinyl, then, played it, sometimes I thought, "shoot, that is not a very good recording...  Bad luck.."  I also avoided "live albums" unless I knew they were well recorded.  So, it is not that I did not enjoy the music, it is just that everytime I played an inferior sounding LP that I really liked, I would wonder if there was a better version, and usually there was....  By the same token, if the CD sounded better than the vinyl version I had, I would play the CD.  For Vintage Rock, there really are some huge differences for some LPs depending on the pressing and the manufacturing location.  Actually, maybe it is just me, but, I enjoy music more when it is playing on a top notch stereo, which also translates to a quality recording....  

The solution is a pair of Ohm Walsh speakers, if you can find a pair, and set them up well. Each recording will  sound like music should yet each will sound unique. Being reminded of that as I type.   Still can’t be beat for music lovers who just want to keep on listening….

@mylogic 

Music lovers try to extract the best they can from their records, and accept recordings with their set achievable limits.

Perhaps the best answer yet. This is pretty much how I stand with it.

@mylogic 

As I admitted earlier, I do have a tendency to listen for sound quality in analog more than digital. Perhaps it’s because of record’s potential for wonderful sound.  
 But of course, you’re right.  There’s more gold in listening for the music.

@rvpiano  “There’s more gold in listening to the music”

Searching for the Eldorado in your own music

l have personally learned not to beat myself up trying to drag out that last ounce of musicality from my system. Never ending changes make differences, but I’ve now accepted the fact, too much is bordering OCD land rather than entering Utopia. 
 

When listening and choosing what LP to put on l know from memory what to expect with the recording. However it does not influence me to play albums just because of a brilliant recording. It’s how l appreciate the content that matters, and what has motivated me to play that music again.

LP pressings quality and original recordings are beyond our control. Best to try and put those concerns to the back of our minds…..