Which Record makes your system shine?

@pgaulke60 

Thanks for the reply. Never noticed Margo’s lack of range though not saying you’re not correct. I think I’m drawn to ability to stir emotions with her voice. I know there are some/many that feel as you do about the Junkies - a couple that’s our closest friends literally fell asleep at a show of theirs in Nashville many years ago. 
 

I can’t rationally explain my CJ infatuation but during the many shows I’ve seen over the past 5 years I’ve concluded 1) I don’t care what they play just that they play and 2) I could attend a show of theirs every night if it was available. 
 

We won’t make the show in ATL but we do have tix for Saxapahaw (x2), Alexandria (x2), Norfolk, and Richmond in addition to Knoxville I June and we’ll attend 2 shows in Ann Arbor in March. If you wind up at the ATL show I’d be interested to hear what you think. 

I recently was given a copy of Dead Horses “My Mother The Moon”. A friend came over and bought this copy with him. He was complaining that it had lots of surface noise. Since I had just gone down a vinyl cleaning rabbit hole we cleaned it with my new cleaning regime. My cleaning solution is 80% distilled water 20% isopropyl alcohol with about 4 drops of a surfactant in a half liter. I start by cleaning a record on  a Record Dr VI RCM using my cleaning solution. Then I put the record in a HumminGuru using their recommended surfactant, I take the record out after the tank empties and before the drying cycle starts. I then rinse the record in a Spin Clean record cleaner with just distilled water. Then back to the Record Dr to be vacuumed. This seems to work for me, hopefully I’m done with that rabbit hole. By the way the Dead Horses album sounds GREAT now.
Other albums I’ve been listening to are Bonnie Raitt “Streetlights “, Dan Fogelberg “Homefree” and “Netherlands”. All three of these albums I’ve had for over 40 years. Last year picked up album by a group called Tiny Habits. They toured last year with James Taylor, I really liked them. To support them I bought their vinyl on the way out of the venue (Santa Barbara Bowl, best concert venue ever). The album was a little pricey $45, got it anyway. Cleaned and put on my turntable immediately realized something was wrong sounded like the recording was defective. Turns out it was a 45 recording, NOTHING on the album or packaging mentioned that. Anyway check them out they’re pretty good. Also been listening to a British band Everything But The Girl “Idelwild” and “The Language Of Life”. I’ve taken a very slow dive into jazz with Miles Davis “Kind Of Blue” and Dave Brubeck Quartet “Time Out”. Last one on current playlist is a reissue of the 1973 of the Buckingham Nicks album “Buckingham Nicks”.
My system consists of : Rogue RP1 preamp, Schitt Audo Aegir power amp, Rega P6 TT with an Ania MC cartridge. I started with a Rega MCFono phono amp, but I am now trying out a Parks Audio Waxwing DSP phono amp using its OPT out to a Topping D90SE DAC (I think I’m going to keep the Waxwing until I’m ready to jump into the $1500 to $2000 range phono amps. A little long winded but that’s what I’m listening to these days Dead Horses, Tiny Habits, Everything But The Girl, Bonnie Raitt, Miles Davis and Dave Brubeck

When I want to show off my system I first play Isao Suzuki's "Black Orpheus." It's really well recorded and hits every aspect to show off a good system.

Literally, almost anything on the ECM jazz and new music label!

Beginning with avant-garde jazz, but evolving into producing music that can most probably called "chamber-jazz", the vast majority of recordings on this label are excellent. 

Their original vinyl recordings are some of the best, but they also made the transition to digital very well. 

Universally they have an open soundstage, percussion is recorded extremely well, attack/decay is well defined, detail overall is excellent. Quite natural sounding overall. 

Artists worth checking out: Ralph Towner, Rubisa Patrol, Gallery, Craig Taborn, Michael Formanek, Avashai Cohen (trumpet), Keith Jarrett, Julia Hülsmann, Eberhard Weber, Tord Gustavson, many more. 

They seem to continually find, excellent new musicians, with great chops, and their own unique voice. 

And lastly, the label has always appealed to audiophiles, due to their quality, so used copies on vinyl seem to be in great condition. And widely available for under $10.

Wow,I just played Morgan Mia ,Love don't live here anymore....my system  ROCKED.