Whats your BEST Sounding CD

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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited April 2011
    Yep, Don't smoke in bed. Amazon has them used cheap. I found one in "like new" condition for .99 cents!
  • Jazzhead
    Jazzhead Posts: 520
    Rock and Blues:

    Robert Cray - Shame & a Sin (arguably Cray's best work)
    Mark Knopfler - The Ragpicker's Dream
    Dave Matthews - Some Devil (Matthews' solo work)

    Some Jazz:

    Jason Smith - Think Like This
    Christian Scott - Rewind That
    Rock Candy Funk Party - We Want o Groove

    Bluegrass/Folk:

    Claire Lynch - Whatcha Gonna Do
    Tim O'Brien and Darrell Scott - Memories and Moments
    Polk Audio first generation RTA-12s; 12 inch Polk Stands; DHS Speaker Service upgraded crossovers w/ Sonicap/Mills; the "westmassguy anti-lobing mod" (hyperdamped outer drivers/mirror imaged); tweeter anti-diffraction mod; Cardas binding posts; Neotech UPOCC internal wire; foam-lined inner driver baskets; xschop phase plugs; deleted fuses; Hurricane nuts; Sonic Barrier; Dynamat Xtreme
    Ayre K-5xeMP preamplifier
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    NAD 4155 FM/AM tuner
    Silnote Audio Morpheus Reference II Series II balanced interconnects; Virtue Audio single-ended interconnects
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  • mikeyb128
    mikeyb128 Posts: 2,885
    Face wrote: »
    Tool-10,000 Days
    Alice in Chains-MTV Unplugged.

    Alice in chains-MTV unplugged is friggen amazing! You can here every last detail, best CD I've heard in a while.
    2 channel:
    Bryston 4B3, Bryston BDA3, Cary SLP05, Shanling CDT1000SE with parts conneXion level 2 mods, Nottingham analogue ace space 294, soundsmith Carmen MKii, Zu DL103 MKii, Ortofon MC 20 MKii, Dynavector XX2 MKii, Rogue Audio Ares, Core power technologies balanced power conditioner, Akiko Corelli power conditioner with Akiko Audio HQ power cable, Nordost heimdall 2, Frey 2, interconnects, speaker and power cables, Focal Electra 1028 BE 2, Auralic Aries Femto, Black diamond racing cones, ingress audio level 1 roller blocks, JL Audio E110 with Auralic subdude, Primacoustics room treatments.
    Theater:
    Focal Aria 926,905,CC900, SVS PB ultra x2. Pioneer Elite SC85, Oppo BDP93, Panamax M5400PM, Minix neox6, Nordost Blue heaven LS power cables.

  • nikolas812
    nikolas812 Posts: 2,915
    Donald Fagen's Morph the Cat and Nightfly are still at the top for me.

    I just got a Natalie Merchant ( Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs) Cd that sounds okay. I think I just like her voice though..


    Nik
  • voltz
    voltz Posts: 5,384
    edited February 2016
    Rory Gallagher " Calling Card" sounds pretty dang good for a CD, it told me imagine what the vinyl would sound like? ;)

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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,042
    Talking Heads "Speaking In Tongues"
    Primus "Sailing The Seas Of Cheese"
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
  • nikolas812
    nikolas812 Posts: 2,915
    That's funny you mention the Talking Heads. I just got "The best Of Talking Heads".


    Nik
  • nikolas812
    nikolas812 Posts: 2,915
    Donald Fagen "Night Fly" and "Morph the Cat. Are still my reference today.


    Nik