80s and 90s Decca, DG etc CDs greatly improved things. Current classical, outside the smallest labels, often seems to be blessed with the same compression game.

80s and 90s Decca, DG etc CDs greatly improved things. Current classical, outside the smallest labels, often seems to be blessed with the same compression game. It's disappointing, but at least it's easy to work around. Understanding why they do is more of a challenge. Cheap pressings and compilations are always going to be an issue. Just like those old compilation tapes you used to get in motorway services that would stretch on first play. I suspect KTel would find a way to make CDs self-destruct after 5 plays. Most of those other problems went away with a decent deck. Mainly leaves the scratches to "enjoy". :p