Originally Posted by
Macca
Any issues you have with CD sounding harsh, grainy, brittle etc are due to the rest of the playback system, they are not intrinsic to the medium, nor is it anything to do with limitations in frequency response.
This is what I have been trying to say all along. I have about 10 working cd players varying in original retail price from a couple of hundred to a couple of thousand. I can hook any of them up to my current system and, whilst they all give their own take on the proceedings, none of them exhibit any of these negative qualities. If you don't believe me come over and have a listen, bring the CDs that sound worst to you.