Your top 5 recordings for sound quality

[MikeyBC]

I cant seem to enjoy the music if it doesnt sound halfway convincing, I guess each of us has different tolerance levels about sound quality.

newtrix1....the rythm of the saints has a couple of tracks that feature a lot of percussion that sounds very convincing when played loud...especially in the dark...you'd swear they were playing in front of you with a very realistic soundstage, thats why I included this disc.

Hyfi..the silvers cant match the golds in the bass slam department, two 6.5 inchers can only do so much. Though they do play quite deep.

I love all kinds of music and I find all of your replies very helpful in my search for good and good sounding music.

[Mike]

A few years ago before I hit this site on a regular basis I would have said the usual audition demo stuff from Mofi, DCC or some of the more specialist recording labels but although it's good sounding stuff it's also kinda' boring for me. I agree it's a shame some stuff just sounds plain horrible which does put me off sometimes but then I hear it on the radio or in the car and you get past the sound and think yeah it's ok.

We did a similar thread a while ago which is where most of the list below came from with a few more thrown in, whilst not 'audiophile' I personally would rate these for sound 7+ out of 10.

Red House Painters – Ocean Beach, really spacious recording
Robert Rice – 7 Veils, top to bottom huge soundstage
Elysian Fields – Bleed Your Cedar
Dada - Puzzle, great pop rock from 92' and I've just spotted they have remastered it
Dzihan & Kamien – Gran Riserva if you fancy a bit of electronica with some deep bass
Gordon Goodwin – XXL
Whiskeytown -
Grandaddy – Sumday great chugging basslines
The Glands – The Glands, overlooked gem
Blue Man Group – Complex
Jack Johnson – On and On
Notwist - Neon Golden
Peter Gabriel - just about all the remasters
Greg Brown - Further In
Sonia Dada - Lay Down and Love It Live
Damien Rice – O
Govt Mule - Dose
Tosca - Suzuki In Dub, more electronica in the style of Kruder and Dorfmeister
Beck - Sea Change

Cheers
Mike

[-Jar-]

Red House Painters – Ocean Beach, really spacious recording

Elysian Fields – Bleed Your Cedar

Cheers
Mike

OCEAN BEACH is nice, but I think I like SONGS FOR A BLUE GUITAR better. It sounds more natural to me, more relaxed. I think the vocals on OCEAN BEACH are mixed too loud.

and.. BLEED YOUR CEDAR.. what can you say? mmmmmmmmmmm

-jar

[newtrix1]

newtrix1....the rythm of the saints has a couple of tracks that feature a lot of percussion that sounds very convincing when played loud...especially in the dark...you'd swear they were playing in front of you with a very realistic soundstage, thats why I included this disc.

I guess I know what my next home listening session will be . Hope I didn't come across like I was questioning your opinion, it's great to hear other peoples perspective. Another album that came to mind (great music/great recording) is Andrew Bird'sBowl of Fire Swimming Hour, which (if memory serves me) received fairly universal praise here at Raverecs when it first came out.

[MasterCylinder]

Supertramp -- MoFi
Tears for Fears -- MoFi
Tyner -- New York Reunion -- Chesky gold
Steely Dan -- Gold
Dream Theater -- 6DOIT
Return to Forever -- Romantic Warrior -- Remaster


DVD:
Eagles -- Hell Freezes Over
Fleetwood Mac -- The Dance

[Dave_G]

For me the music content matters first, like others, some stuff may "sound good" but I might despise the music.

For me:

Steely Dan - Aja and Gaucho on MFSL compact disk. As close to analog as you can get on a digital platform.

Genesis - Trespass on "Definitive Edition Remaster", available only on import from Holland. This 1970 recording is so doggoned clean it's stunning.

The three RUSH albums on MFSL compact disk are also clean.

Gary Numan's "Telekon" on Beggars Banquet see dee remaster is superb.

The Tulls are done well as are the Yes re-re-re-re-remasters, and Kansas's Masque is the bomb, and Marillion's catalog on EMI remaster is superb as well.

Dave

[N. Abstentia]

The three RUSH albums on MFSL compact disk are also clean.

Dave

You should pick up the Rush Remasters..they absolutely trounce the MFSL versions!

[20to20K]

Herb Albert - Rise (Bernie Grundman)
Keith Jarrett - Still Live (Some German guy)
Dave Grusin - Mountain Dance (Rosen)
Steely Dan - Aja (MFSL) (Gary Katz)
Rufus & Chaka Khan - MasterJam (Bruce Sweiden)

Another 5

Doobie Brothers - Livin' on a Fault Line
Rachelle Farrelle - Individuality
Pat Metheny Group - This Way up (brand new)
Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue (over 40 years old!)
Al Jarraeu - L is for Lover (Al Schmitt)

[Shwamdoo]

Eric Clapton's Unplugged album is one of my favorite recordings, it really is a masterpiece.

[Killroy]

Beck-Sea Change (the best)
Air- Talkie Walkie
Massive Attack
AC/DC- Back in Black
Rush-Moving Pictures

[Pat D]

I cant seem to enjoy the music if it doesnt sound halfway convincing, I guess each of us has different tolerance levels about sound quality.

newtrix1....the rythm of the saints has a couple of tracks that feature a lot of percussion that sounds very convincing when played loud...especially in the dark...you'd swear they were playing in front of you with a very realistic soundstage, thats why I included this disc.

Hyfi..the silvers cant match the golds in the bass slam department, two 6.5 inchers can only do so much. Though they do play quite deep.

I love all kinds of music and I find all of your replies very helpful in my search for good and good sounding music.

How do you like those PSB Stratus speakers?

We recently bought Stratus Minis as we don't play super loud and also have a big subwoofer to take care of the deep bass. They are so good, better than I ever expected them to be before I heard them.