Club Polk "Reference Disc?"

VR3
VR3 Posts: 28,774
edited June 2011 in Music & Movies
Every Polkfest I walk away buying a few what end up being "reference disc"

First Polkfest back at Troy's was Ben Harper

Second Polkfest is was Audiophile Vocal Recordings and BB King Live At Regal

Millage Gilbert, Jackson Browne, Bluecoast Audio collection

So what are some other disc that is a "Reference" for some...

My own disc that I have accumulated over the years...

Government Mule - Dose (Great bass guitar track)
Chickenfoot - Just a fun CD
Maroon 5 (All Disc) - Dynamics
Toby Mac - Momentum - Bass texture and overal staging
Dead Can Dance (track - Ubiquitous Mr Lovegrove - if your speakers can play this song you are on to something
Sevendust - Home (dynamics and separation)
There is many more - but this is what comes to mind.

Im sure there is a thread about this but I figured I would start another... bite me
- Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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  • Fongolio
    Fongolio Posts: 3,516
    edited May 2011
    My latest is Jennifer Warnes The Hunter gold cd. Mind blowingly good recording and mastering. Amazing dynamics. It totally shows off my SDA 1C's
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,729
    edited May 2011
    George Faber - Blues
    Robert Lucas - Luke and the Locomotives
    Steely Dan - Gaucho (SACD)
    Aimee Mann - Lost In Space (SACD)
    SRV - Couldn't Stand the Weather (SACD)
    Keb 'Mo - The Door (SACD)
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  • headrott
    headrott Posts: 5,496
    edited May 2011
    F1nut wrote: »
    SRV - Couldn't Stand the Weather (SACD)

    This SACD is that good huh Jesse? I may have to buy it then.:smile:

    Greg
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    Taken from a recent Audioholics reply regarding "Club Polk" and Polk speakers:
    "I'm yet to hear a Polk speaker that merits more than a sentence and 60 seconds discussion." :\
    My response is: If you need 60 seconds to respond in one sentence, you probably should't be evaluating Polk speakers.....

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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,538
    edited May 2011
    If I hear 1 more note from Maroon 5's whiney vocal, I will perforate both of my eardrums with a rusty ice pick.

    Sorry for the rant.
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited May 2011
    A couple of tracks I use for reference:
    * Mofi SACD: "The Captain and Me" - Dobbie Bros: track - Southcity Midnight Lady
    - This track paints a gorgeous 3d soundstage

    * Original CD: "In Step" - SRV: track - Riviera Paradise
    - sublimely mixed that creates a wall of musical delight...patiently waiting for my SACD of this to come...

    * Original CD: "Boys and Girls" - Bryan Ferry: track - Stone Woman
    - clean mix of layers and layers sound

    * SACD: "DSOTM" - Pink Floyd: track - Time
    - what can I say, 'timeless' music that sounds d@mn good!

    * Original CD: "Crime of the Century" - SuperTramp: track - Rudy
    - another clean mix and amazing sound

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited May 2011
    Companion ~ Paticia Barber
    - her hammond B3 will let you know if your treble is up to snuff (cd or Lp)

    Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy ~ Elton John
    - superb piano recording, dynamic (SACD or original pressing vinyl)

    Josuah Judges Ruth ~ Lyle Lovett
    - 'North Dakota' should make you melt, piano, shakers, wood blocks and sticks on drum rims. Francine Reed's hmmmmm's and hand claps on 'Church' (cd)

    Run, Lola Run ~ soundtrack from the movie
    - awesome synths, driving electro/trance, shake it to the beat!! (cd)

    I Robot ~ Alan Parsons Project
    - mezmerizing, great seperation test disc, back to front soundstage (MFSL Lp)
    Thorens TD125MKII, SME3009,Shure V15/ Teac V-8000S, Denon DN-790R cass, Teac 3340 RtR decks, Onix CD2...Sumo Electra Plus pre>SAE A1001 amp>Martin Logan Summit's
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    edited May 2011
    Don't laugh one of mine is happy anniversary charlie brown.

    For other ones, Ben Taylor Famous Among the Barns is a great sounding HD CD.

    lorna hunt all in one day,

    Rufus Wainwright Poses

    Santana ( 1st one or Abraxas ) on Mofi

    For bass, Moby Play, or the opening part of Floyd Welcome to the Machine!
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    edited May 2011
    I forgot to suscribe!!!
    Klipsch The Nines, Audioquest Thunderbird Interconnect, Innuos Zen MK3 W4S recovery, Revolution Audio Labs USB & Ethernet, Border Patrol SE-I, Audioquest Niagara 5000 & Thunder, Cullen Crossover II PC's.
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  • erniejade
    erniejade Posts: 6,321
    edited May 2011
    Vr3MxStyler2k3 wrote: »
    Government Mule - Dose (Great bass guitar track)
    Chickenfoot - Just a fun CD


    Great cd's!!!!!
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited May 2011
    Gladiator Soundtrack by Hans Zimmer. Also happens to be one of my favorite movies.

    Michael Murray's pipe organ cd. This one digs really looooow and lets you hear and feel how low your speakers/sub can go.

    Sara K- Hell or High water. This is just the best mastered cd I own.

    Rachmaninoff- Symphonic Dances by Reference Recordings. This is an HDCD and is totally glorious and magnificent. One of my favorites
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  • reeltrouble1
    reeltrouble1 Posts: 9,312
    edited May 2011
    Courtesy of the Grand Man I am doing Julie London and Esther Phillips of late (vinyl).

    David Elias--The Window SACD....courtesy of Danny Tse
    George Faber--Blues....courtesy of F1NUT

    RT1
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited June 2011
    erniejade wrote: »
    Don't laugh one of mine is happy anniversary charlie brown.

    I had that! It's a great CD :cool:
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited June 2011
    Flim & the BBs: Tricycle (dynamics!!)
    Donald Fagen: Kamakiriad (clean, clear, articulate, etc.)
    Steely Dan: Everything Must Go (title song first 50 seconds is VERY difficult to track for many CDPs)
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited June 2011
    Sergio Mendes/Brasil '66 "Fool on the Hill" is a very nicely recorded thing. It sounds good no matter what the source.

    Laugh your nuts off, but Percy Faith "Theme from a Summer Place" is clean as a whistle.

    Billy Cobham "Total Eclipse" gets my vote for a great recording and best ever recorded drums, with Tony Williams a close second on Miles' "Seven Steps to Heaven".

    Buddy Rich "Big Swing Face" and "Mercy, Mercy, Mercy" are two live albums that no real jazz lover should be without. SDA owner/jazz lovers don't know what they're missing. Buddy's hottest BIG band in peak form both nights.

    Three very well recorded songs are Count Five "Psychotic Reaction", Standells "Dirty Water", and Music Machine "Talk,Talk"
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