That's true; but if your playback system has perfectly transparent
through-put
then you needn't worry about that. And, if you want to hear 'something
else'
that's perfectly OK but why not know what was intended?

Who cares how it was intended? I have several hundred cds and tons of live
recordings, and out of them all, I only strive for "how it was intended" on
3 of the cds.