Best Recordings

Early B.
Early B. Posts: 7,900
edited December 2005 in Music & Movies
What are your best recorded redbook CDs?

I'll start -- everything I've got from Concord Records (jazz genre mostly). Superb quality.

Surprisingly, I've got some great recently recorded material from relatively unknown artists who produced their own CDs. I would have thought that the major record companies would put out the best quality CDs, but that ain't necessarily so.
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited December 2005
    Mark Knopfler....Sailing to Philadelphia :cool:
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  • lanion
    lanion Posts: 843
    edited December 2005
    Nickel Creek - Why Should The Fire Die.
    My Iron Man training/charity blog.

    HT:
    32" Sharp LCD. H/K dpr 1001 to Outlaw Audio 7900 to Polk LSi + Paradigm Studio center. Hsu DualDrive ULS-15. PS3/Wii. Outlaw 7900.
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  • TroyD
    TroyD Posts: 13,080
    edited December 2005
    I find that Telarc usually puts out good quality discs. Sometimes a little too shrill on the high end and sometimes the bass is a bit overdone...but in general, excellent quality.

    BDT
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  • ninerbj
    ninerbj Posts: 870
    edited December 2005
    Frank Zappa: Joe's Garage

    YES: 90120 Remaster

    Tragically Hip: Best of remaster
    "she had the body of Venus, with arms."
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  • aaharvel
    aaharvel Posts: 4,489
    edited December 2005
    lanion wrote:
    Nickel Creek - Why Should The Fire Die.

    yup.
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    Rega P1 Turntable

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  • gregure
    gregure Posts: 871
    edited December 2005
    +1 for Mark Knopfler, sounds great. Also, in terms of remasters, I love the Dark Side SACD remaster, and the Back in Black remaster-this one's spectacular.
    Current System:

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    Martin Logan Depth-Sub
    B&K AVR 507
    Pimare CD21-CD Player
    Denon 1815-DVD Player
    Panamax M5500-EX-Line Conditioner
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited December 2005
    Eric Clapton-Unplugged
    Jewel-Spirit
    GRP-Live In Session
    Dimeola, McLaughlin, DeLucia-Friday Night in SanFrancisco
    Etta James & The Roots Band-Live at the House of Blues
    Front 242-ReBoot

    Wow...out of all my music that's all I can think of here at work. Will add more later

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
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  • Maestro
    Maestro Posts: 92
    edited December 2005
    Any Miles Davis recording on the Columbia label, period...
    'Round About Midnight
    My Funny Valentine
    Kind of Blue (my personal favorite)

    Blue Note label - I haven't heard a bad recording yet!

    Dave Grusin (all of the recordings on GRP)

    Yellowjackets (GRP/Warner/Heads Up) - I use most of their recordings to audition audio systems. I highly recommend them; check out Time Squared (2003) available on CD. Their latest is Altered States (2005); sounds great as well.

    Telarc: Beethoven - Nine Symphonies/Dohnanyi, Cleveland Symphony (wonderful recording).

    London: La Traviata/Solti, Royal Opera House - Angela Gheorghiu, Sop. (this recording is to die for, absolutely brilliant), and...

    London: Wagner - The Ring Cycle (Complete)/Solti (WOW!)

    My two cents.

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    Rear: Polk R15s
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    Cherry Wood Edition
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    Harman/Kardon DVD 27
    Sony RDR-GX300 DVDR
    Sony Bravia 40" XBR1
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  • Early B.
    Early B. Posts: 7,900
    edited December 2005
    Just purchased a Diahann Carroll CD originally recorded in "stereo" in 1960 and re-released in 2005. Some of the cuts were recorded live. Amazing SQ. Better than most of today's recordings. The insert didn't indicate that it was digitally remastered, so should I assume it was?
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    "God grooves with tubes."
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited December 2005
    About any label can crank out a spectacular sounding redbook (blind hog/ acorn thing). This includes all from the big boys to the budget labels.

    Those that do it regularly in my experience are mostly Classical labels and mostly foreign: Varase Saraband, L'oiseau-Lyre

    But then there's always our own Rhino - what they can do with older material is amazing.
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • VR3
    VR3 Posts: 28,771
    edited December 2005
    Dead Can Dance - Into The Labyrinth, Mementoe (sp)...

    Both EXCELLENT CD as far as SQ and music... great stuff!
    - Not Tom ::::::: Any system can play Diana Krall. Only the best can play Limp Bizkit.
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