The very best sound: Direct to Disc


Since I got a new cartridge (Clear Audio Virtuoso) i’ve rediscovered the Sheffield and RR Direct Disc albums in my collection.  
Wow! they put everything else to shame.  I picked up about twenty Sheffield D2D’s when Tower Records went out of business for a song (no pun intended.) I’m just now listening to them and find there’s nothing that sonically compares.  They’re just more real sounding than anything else.  Not spectacular but realistic.   
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rvpiano, This is a great thread idea, and so much so that it prompted me to purchase the Canadian Brass D2D. I have the CD version and Love their rendition of the Little Fugue! 
Mention of the Telarc 1812 remains Ned's me of Beethoven Wellington's Victory on Mercury Living Presence. (with spoken commentary describing the firing, with sounds during the recording session).  "The 6-pound smooth-bore bronze cannons & 12 pound Howitzer,  French Charlevolle-pattern muskets & British Brown Bess muskets, courtesy of U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York".