recommendations for CD player

[frenchmon]

Hey Frenchmon; type of music I really listen to well & enjoy,
I have all the albums of Diana Krall and Casandra Wilson, all the albums of Tiereny Sutton, all the albums of Liz Wright, Melody Gardot, Madeline Peroux, Patrica Barber - every one of them!

the above I listen to mostly which is female jazz vocals.

then I have extensive albums from the following:
George Benson (whom I have met in person!)
Larry Carlton & Lee Ritnouer
Rusell Malone
Kenny Burrel
Bob James Fourplay (every album) have also auditioned them live!

the other many classic peices I have are from the following:
Ella Fitzgerald
Nina Simone
Dinah Washington
Sarah Vaughn
Peggy Lee
Rene Marie

Other music I also listen to extensively are from:
Chris Boti
Miles Davis
Chet Baker
Oscar Peterson
Ray Brown trio
Stan Getz
Lester Young
Sonny Rollins
Duke Elington
Ray Charles
Ahmad Jamal
Bill Charlap
Jacky Terrason
Carla Cook
Erin Bode
DinaDeRose
Jessica Williams
Casandra Mckinelly
Karin Allison

I also have others such as Sting, Eagles, Dire Straits, and some Carlos Santana, Josh Groban, Michael Buble... which the wifey mostly would listen to but also sounds quite awesome through the Quads.

That's about it, my last album was a special edition from Roberta Flack called "first take" and Stings special edition of his great hits performed with the london symphony - awesome music!

cheers, RJ

Its also nice to see I have a deep passion for the same music as you....Besides having just about all the artist you mentioned above in my musical library...

I also just recently purchased first printings of Roberto Flack on vinyl... "First Take", "Chapter Two" , "Killing Me Softly" and "Born to Love (with Peabo Bryson)"

Happy Listening.

frenchmon

[Raj J]

Its also nice to see I have a deep passion for the same music as you....Besides having just about all the artist you mentioned above in my musical library...

I also just recently purchased first printings of Roberto Flack on vinyl... "First Take", "Chapter Two" , "Killing Me Softly" and "Born to Love (with Peabo Bryson)"

Happy Listening.

frenchmon

hey Frenchmon,
that roberta flack on vinyl must be awesome! i can only imagine...
aparently the preamp I'm using, the c-j ACT2, is supposed to have a pristine control over vinyls provided you hook up a highend phone preamp, since the ACT2 is only a line stage version.

I have listened to the ACT2 on vinyl just before I took ownership of it, simply outstanding! the lp was from Cassandra Wilson "Glamored" wonderful reproduction.

my current vacuum tube cdp also has a very warm approach, and a non-digital glare compared to other players, and I have placed it right next to the Qx4 so this helps by a far margin. The lp as a source would be the way to go, but too many cd's have ventured me in that direction. therefore to have a complete system for the long term I would like to someday get hold of a very good vacuum tube player that is far more superior to the one I have, and intend to keep it for as long as it will last!

I feel that I have completed my journey in my audio quest for that live natural sound & the closest approach - mainly thanks to Quad ESL's and c-j gear. it's high time I sat down and started listening to some good music for once!

cheers! RJ