In pursuit of the best speakers

[rayma]

Yes, it must be a preference thing, but I get more pleasure hearing as deep into the recording as possible,
warts and all, I don't see any need to compromise on the system's ability to render the recording in high fidelity.

Exactly, though I do have some trouble enjoying the truly terrible sound quality of some ancient
Rachmaninoff recordings I have on CD, because so much is missing.

 

[Disco-Pete]

I've read this a lot but find the opposite to be true, as my system, particularly the speakers, have improved, I've found I enjoy older/poorer quality recordings better.

Same here.

 

[Disco-Pete]

Yes, it must be a preference thing, but I get more pleasure hearing as deep into the recording as possible, warts and all, I don't see any need to compromise on the system's ability to render the recording in high fidelity.

Yea I think the preference is a matter of resolution=musicality. That includes low level resolution which compensates for tonal imbalance/timbre.

 

[Disco-Pete]

precisely! I used to have web page collecting images of all famous studio monitors
i took it down with geocities going dead

This is why I think that even though Planars/ESLs may be better over all performers than the monitors used in the studio, the FR during playback is significantly altered with them and some intended effects are now missing.