whats the finest recorded cd you've heard?

Almost every CD put out by Reference Recordings.

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Roger Waters, Amused to Death. The one where the dog barks in the beginning. That dog was about 3ft away from the left side of the left speaker when it barked. This recording somehow appears to move the sound outside the box. Having just made what I consider a major upgrade to my system I was not previously aware of the fantastic sonics of this well known album. I had read threads on the subject hear before and made sure to burn a copy but not until discovering it yesterday did I know what hub bub was truly all about. Do yourself a favor and check this record out. Just for sound mind you, the songs can be tedious at times.

"here", not "hear". Sorry.

Dreadhead, play around with speaker positioning a little more. The dog should be more like 50 feet to the left (right on my set up) of the speaker. I only discovered this after buying a laser measuring tool and getting my speakers precisely placed. Prior to this exercise the dog wasn't even 3 feet outside the speaker. It freaked me out once I got the positioning right. I'm fond of Lyle Lovett's older CD's for recording quality. Try Pontiac or Joshua Judges Ruth.

Amused to Death,though certainly worth a listen, is more of a novelty to me. It would not occur to me as a very natural representation of - more of a WOW-factor; an imitation of surroundisound with only two speakers. It is recorded in Qsound (yes, see other threads on same subject). Mcondo - how did you use a laser for speaker placement? Can you point to an instructional URL? I'd like to try that. Speaking of a natural representation of music in space...the Stereophile recording by John Atkinson of Attention Screen is also superb.