I have just bought a new CD player (Arcam CD73) and now when listening to CDs I am very critical. I can tell if they sound good or bad about 20 seconds into the song. I am finding that some of the CDs I used to listen to and thought weren't bad now are. The ones I now find to be good are very much better than they were before. As a matter of fact I can't believe how beautiful they sound. It's the bad ones I wish I didn't own now.

What I want to know is if this is a personal perception or is this a common thing to have happen when finally getting a decent CD player?