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  • G-2
    G-2 Posts: 533
    edited March 2007
    John Mayer, all of it, in Pure Audio
    Home Theater
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2007
    Jackson Browne - Hold Out

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    Originally recorded in 1980 it it has some audio clues of the times. "Disco Apocalypse" is a prime example using the distinctive four/four bass drum beat that was the core of most disco music. "That Girl Could Sing", "Call It A Loan" and "Hold On Hold Out" are really nice cuts. I like all of Jackson Browne's first 7 albums alot and this one falls squarely in that category. When I bought a new car in 1980 that had my first cassette player this was one of the 2 cassettes I bought that first day.

    Now for the downside. This CD was released in 1990 and is one of the most compressed CDs I have encountered recently. It literally sounds like a blanket has been thrown over the speakers. It is far from unlistenable and it appears to be a well recorded CD but the digital mastering leaves much to be desired. There is a Japanese remaster that came out a couple of years ago or I may see if I can find a LP. I really like the album but the CD could be better.
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

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  • zombie boy 2000
    zombie boy 2000 Posts: 6,641
    edited March 2007
    hearingimpared wrote:
    The Clash: "Combat Rock" LP; Epic Records FE 37689 AL 37689

    1982 CBS Inc.

    This LP is mixed so well that it is enjoyable even listening to songs that I don't particularly like. Another LP restored to its former glory.

    One of my all time faves...
    I never had it like this where I grew up. But I send my kids here because the fact is you go to one of the best schools in the country: Rushmore. Now, for some of you it doesn't matter. You were born rich and you're going to stay rich. But here's my advice to the rest of you: Take dead aim on the rich boys. Get them in the crosshairs and take them down. Just remember, they can buy anything but they can't buy backbone. Don't let them forget it. Thank you.Herman Blume - Rushmore
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2007
    The Rolling Stones; "Some Girls"; LP Rolling Stones Records COC 39108

    A decent engineering job, much, much better than Goats Head Soup. . .


    The Rolling Stones; "Emotional Rescue"; LP Rolling Stones Records COC 16015

    Great mix job.

    One thing I've noticed about Stones LPs is that although the soundstage doesn't go out much past the speaker side (only on a song or two), the imaging between the speakers is crisp and pinpoint.
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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited March 2007
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    Prince - 1999 LP

    I'm not a big Prince fan, but respect him for being fresh, and original. One thing that continues to amaze me is that I can listen to his early 80's albums like 1999 or Purple Rain and forget that I'm listening to 80's music. It still has a modern sound after 20 plus years. Good stuff!
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2007
    BlueMDPicker wrote:
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    John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers - Stories
    2002, Red Ink Records, CD

    Yeah Baby I love John Mayall. . .I have his live album where he says, "This one has a little chica chica." You know "Room to Move." This is one that needs to be demolded.
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  • dane_peterson
    dane_peterson Posts: 1,903
    edited March 2007
    I like underrated musicians. This disc is an excellent collection of upbeat and downtempo folky pop stuff. Speechwriters LLC.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited March 2007
    Jay-Z, a little Notorious BIG, Wu-Tang Clan
    Shoot the jumper.....................BALLIN.............!!!!!

    Home Theater Pics in the Showcase :cool:

    http://www.polkaudio.com/forums/showcase/view.php?userid=73580
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  • MSALLA
    MSALLA Posts: 1,602
    edited March 2007
    Got sick of all the newer stuff I have been playing and went old school.

    Pink Floyd: Animals
    Michael


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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2007
    David Bowie - Best of Bowie

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    I was actually looking for the SACD of "The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars" and found this CD. I realized that I have very little Bowie in my collection and while I really didn't want to buy the entire catalog (I'm not that big of a Bowie fan) this would be a pretty good alternative. It contains most of his "hits" and notable tracks. If you don't mind that a few are the "radio" cuts rather than the album cuts, this is a quite comprehensive 2 disc compilation of Bowie's work. Probably not enough for the serious Bowie fan (but they probably have all the albums anyway) but good enough for me. SQ and remastering are pretty good as well. (I still haven't gotten the Ziggy SACD yet, but it is on the list to buy). Here is the track list.

    Disc 1
    1. Space Oddity
    2. The Man Who Sold The World
    3. Changes
    4. Life On Mars?
    5. Moonage Daydream
    6. Suffragette City
    7. Ziggy Stardust
    8. All The Young Dudes
    9, The Jean Genie
    10. Panic In Detroit
    11. Rebel, Rebel
    12. Diamond Dogs
    13. Young Americans
    14. Fame
    15. Golden Years
    16. TVC15
    17. Sound and Vision
    18. Heroes
    19. D.J.

    Disc 2
    1.Ashes To Ashes
    2. Fashion
    3. Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)
    4. Under Pressure
    5. Cat People (Putting Out Fire)
    6. Let's Dance
    7. China Girl
    8. Modern Love
    9. Blue Jean
    10. This is Not America
    11. Dancing In The Streets
    12. Absolute Beginners
    13. Time Will Crawl
    14. Under The God
    15. Jump They Say
    16. The Heart's Filthy Lesson
    17. I'm Afraid Of Americans
    18. Thursday's Child
    19. Slow Burn
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited March 2007
    gram parsons.....grievous angel
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2007
    shack wrote:
    David Bowie - Best of Bowie

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    Great stuff! Can you post some of the pressing numbers please?
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited March 2007
    Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris "All the Roadrunning"
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  • mldennison
    mldennison Posts: 307
    edited March 2007
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    Tabula Rasa
    Vishwa Mohan Bhatt With Bela Fleck and Jie Bing Chen

    Combination of Bhatt on the Sitar and Bela on Banjo, Chen plays a erh-hu (think of the background music to something like Crouching Tiger). Very light stuff, perfect for blocking everything else out here at work. Fantastically recoreded! Gotta love that they devote an entire page of the liner notes to the recording and mastering equipment. This is my first experience with Water Lily Acoustics but I don't think it will be my last.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2007
    hearingimpared wrote:
    shack wrote:
    David Bowie - Best of Bowie

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    Great stuff! Can you post some of the pressing numbers please?

    Audio CD (October 22, 2002)
    Number of Discs: 2
    Format: Original recording remastered
    Label: Virgin Records US
    ASIN: B00006JYI7
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • Jim Shearer
    Jim Shearer Posts: 369
    edited March 2007
    I keep forgetting how much I enjoy this inexpensive 2 CD set. An oldie but goodie that I originally bought in vinyl (but the quality of the pressing was rather poor.)

    The Complete Gershwin: Works for Orchestra and Piano & Orchestra;
    Saint Louis Symphony/Leonard Slatkin
    VoxBox CDX 5007

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    A day without music is like a day without food.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2007
    shack wrote:
    Audio CD (October 22, 2002)
    Number of Discs: 2
    Format: Original recording remastered
    Label: Virgin Records US
    ASIN: B00006JYI7

    Thanks Steve I'm searching, for the CD & LP if I can get it.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited March 2007
    Boston - Boston

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    RIP Brad Delp. Thanks for the music.
    "Just because you’re offended doesn’t mean you’re right." - Ricky Gervais

    "For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible." - Stuart Chase

    "Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago." - Bernard Berenson
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited March 2007
    I can't really say rare....I can't really say what the hell it is....Its an unreleased copy of David Gilmore performing "Money" live. I have a VERY close friend that does video production and was able to get a copy of this from him. Its a video with excellent sound that was done for MTV that was never released for air. I'm not really sure if it goes further than a few people? I do know it sounds great and the video is awesome. It's in mpeg format but the original is still in my friends hands and is being re-mastered for me as I write. Forgot I had this until last night. I'll be more than happy to share if anyone is interested. But the mastered copy to be reworked my take a while.
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2007
    stereo_luver wrote:
    I can't really say rare....I can't really say what the hell it is....Its an unreleased copy of David Gilmore performing "Money" live. I have a VERY close friend that does video production and was able to get a copy of this from him. Its a video with excellent sound that was done for MTV that was never released for air. I'm not really sure if it goes further than a few people? I do know it sounds great and the video is awesome. It's in mpeg format but the original is still in my friends hands and is being re-mastered for me as I write. Forgot I had this until last night. I'll be more than happy to share if anyone is interested. But the mastered copy to be reworked my take a while.

    I'm always game for rare or oddball (poor choice of words) releases. Count me in. Thanks for sharing.
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited March 2007
    I guess it could be called rare?....but the oddball would be me...LOL
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2007
    The Shins; "Wincing The Night Away"; awesome awesome awesome. See this post.
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  • halo
    halo Posts: 5,616
    edited March 2007
    hearingimpared wrote:
    The Shins; "Wincing The Night Away"; awesome awesome awesome.
    Yup, its good stuff for sure. Carl played it at Rich's & I ordered it the next day.
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited March 2007
    Eagles - The Complete Greatest Hits.

    This one's remastered and sounds much better than the originals. The songs were also picked by the band.

    Soundin' SWEET on the RTA12C's!
    "Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then." Bob Seger
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited March 2007
    SRV.....could'nt stand the weather.......dirty pool!
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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited March 2007
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    I can't really call myself a Madonna fan, or even a Pop music fan for that matter, but on rare occasions when I've found myself to be in a goofy mood I would throw in this disc. I always thought it sounded pretty good.... But then one day my wife (BTW: She's a Madonna fan) and I were in the local music store and stumbled across this album on new vinyl. I somewhat jokingly pointed it out to my wife. That was when she informed me that I was buying it. I wasn't thrilled at the idea of spending money on a Madonna album that we already had on CD, but figured, what the heck, it's not often the Mrs. picks out vinyl. When we got home she was pretty anxious to listen to it, and since I'm a fan of keeping the wife happy, that's just what we did. So I cued it up and sat down with her. Within the first few seconds of the first song she was groovin', and I was sitting there with my jaw on the floor. This album sounds amazing on vinyl! The vocals are much less shrill. Imaging is much more focused, and for some reason reaches way beyond the edge of the speakers. In fact the echo effect that is used in the song Vogue would make you swear you're hearing side surround speakers. For anyone who has a TT, a few extra dollars, and doesn't mind some classic Pop now and then, I would definitely recommend picking this up.
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  • warren
    warren Posts: 756
    edited March 2007
    Anita O'Day Do nothin' till you hear from me
    Some final words,
    "If you keep banging your head against the wall,
    you're going to have headaches."
    Warren
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  • Toxis
    Toxis Posts: 5,116
    edited March 2007
    Sevendust - Alpha... goooood album!
    Never kick a fresh **** on a hot day.

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  • BlueMDPicker
    BlueMDPicker Posts: 7,569
    edited March 2007
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    Spyro Gyra - Catching the Sun
    1980, MCA-37249 (Canadian release), LP
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  • hearingimpared
    hearingimpared Posts: 21,137
    edited March 2007
    The Electric Light Orchestra; "Eldorado, A Symphony," UA-LA339-G LP

    This is one of my all time favorites. I was able to restore it to its former glory.:D
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