I like Jennifer Warnes "Famous Blue Raincoat" and "The Hunter". I know they're close mic recordings. I don't care. I love them and they sound great.
Which Record makes your system shine?
Hey All,
Been a while since I posted anything and I hope I am posting in the correct category.
So, just curious, which Vinyl Record, do you feel makes your system shine and display it's full potential?
OR, put another way, which record or records would you put on if you wanted to show off your system to someone who has not heard or seen it before?
Of course we know, not all records sound the same but for me I feel (at least on my system), it's the record: "Temptation" by Chantal Chamberland - Evosound Records
Carpenters: The Singles (forgot to check the record label).
On the other hand, I have James Taylor Greatest Hits on Vinyl and that record just sounds a bit veiled to me.
It's funny how one record can sound great and another, not that it sounds bad but just doesn't seem to have that crispness or openness to it.
System at the moment if you're wondering:
- Vincent SV-500
- Mofi Studio Desk w/Hana SL MC
- Martin Logan Motion 40 Speakers
- Sim Audio Moon 110lp V2 Phono
- Cardas Cabling
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This is a keeper post. Lots of recommendations to try. For me, a high quality recording of less familiar or unfamiliar music is prefered over a lousey recording of old favorite songs. Here are a couple more good stereo testers. Kraftwerk can wear thin after a bit, but wow, some of their sounds fly all over the room. Ive only heard streamed version, but listening to Roger Waters Amused to Death is like an upgrade from $1k to $5k speakers or something like that. Makes me wonder why all recordings arent this good. |
These are all CD, HDCD, or SACD. They all sound fabulous. Any Pink Floyd Any Dire Straits Any Depeche Mode Any Steely Dan Any Mannheim Steamroller Jazz At The Pawnshop ABC Pretty much any Jazz or classical recording Amused To Death Any Supertramp Norah Jones The Beatles Love The Cars Moving in Stereo The Best of INXS Simple Minds Glittering Prize Wang Chung Points on the Curve Any Chris Isaak Kraftwerk Tubular Bells
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@mylogic , Yes, indeed. Brothers in Arms is another great sounding album, and their debut album as well. |
@faustuss my system is irrelevant. Some records (which I listed) sound incredible, flawless, etc. Some sound disappointing. Those listed as well. You don’t need to evaluate my responses. You have great sounding ELO records, I do not. It’s not a very objective subject. re: Paul Simon's Graceland album - the problem is the content.... |
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