1) Female vocal: Joni Mitchell "Court and Spark" (HDCD)
1a) Male vocal: Chris Isaak "Heart-Shaped World" (also HDCD)
2 and 3 - no contest: Pat Metheny's "Imaginary Day" - a DTS version that I found online. This CD sounds *superb*, truly reference-quality stuff.
2nd place for 2/3 would have to be Mark Knopfler's "Sailing To Philadelphia", also a DTS version snagged off the Internet. Jeff Wayne's "War of the Worlds" (DTS) also sounds terrific.
These DTS versions are simply stunning. If you really want to impress folks with how good digital media can sound, Google these. You'll have to download them as torrents, but the investment of your time in learning how to do this will pay off handsomely...
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1a) Male vocal: Chris Isaak "Heart-Shaped World" (also HDCD)
2 and 3 - no contest: Pat Metheny's "Imaginary Day" - a DTS version that I found online. This CD sounds *superb*, truly reference-quality stuff.
2nd place for 2/3 would have to be Mark Knopfler's "Sailing To Philadelphia", also a DTS version snagged off the Internet. Jeff Wayne's "War of the Worlds" (DTS) also sounds terrific.
These DTS versions are simply stunning. If you really want to impress folks with how good digital media can sound, Google these. You'll have to download them as torrents, but the investment of your time in learning how to do this will pay off handsomely...
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