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Default Does a high-end system rob you of musical enjoyment?

Yes, the more high quality your sound system is... the more you can
notice how low quality your music really sounds. This is why I like
techno, electronica, and classical (because I like well filtered
music). I like some rock and metal, but most of it sounds too muffled.
Some of this is because most rock bands tend to not care on how they
record their music. If they can filter it well, rock can sound really
good on a CD. Think about it; in rock, you have cymbals crashing, 4
guitars playing, 5 singers singing, and drums pounding all at the same
time. Currently, even a regular CD does not have the capability to
store all those sound effects and make it sound good. This is why some
CD's like modern soft rock (Los Lonely Boys) sound better (sound
quality wise) than heavy metal like Linkin park on high quality sound
systems. On a regular boombox, you can't recognize the difference
because it all sounds like crap and you focus more on the music than in
the quality. But in high sound quality systems, you expect better
sound and therefore get really disappointed when it doesn't sound the
way you want it to. There is a solution to this... it's called
DVD-audio. DVD-audio features 24-bit 192,000 hz stereo sound and has
the ability to store more sound than ever. DVD-audio is designed to
satisfy audiophiles' cravings and is made for high-end systems. But
currently, most people think that CD-audio is good enough for now.