Yes that's the the beauty and the curse of good audio equipment. It makes you appreciate a good recorded album even more and gives you a glance of the recording process. I personally enjoy to analyse these little details that you mentioned, like a wine connoisseur does. Sometimes I use less...

Vinyl time.. Al Kooper - I stand alone Al Kooper - Kooper Session Boz Scaggs - Boz Scaggs & Band ..life is so good