The first music CD I play on any new system

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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited January 2006
    heiney9 wrote:
    FWIW, DSOTM has never impressed me as being all that great of a recording, that's just me.

    H9

    I agree with you.

    I love the album, but the quality isn't mind blowing, even for it's time.
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  • Driver
    Driver Posts: 137
    edited January 2006
    well for me its
    roksoypp - the understanding, this has good highs and lows
    kraftwerk - tour de france, nice clean sounds and all in all a fantastic cd
    jean michell jarre - aero, this has been composed for 5.1 and sounds spectacular
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  • madmax
    madmax Posts: 12,434
    edited January 2006
    heiney9 wrote:
    I just responded to GG like it was yesterday. Not that the response is bad....just feel like dumba$$ now thinking this was current thread. Oh well, still interesting.H9

    OK, so you replied 5 years too late. Better late than never... :D
    Vinyl, the final frontier...

    Avantgarde horns, 300b tubes, thats the kinda crap I want... :D
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,203
    edited January 2006
    madmax wrote:
    OK, so you replied 5 years too late. Better late than never... :D

    How much change can take place in 5 years? Right :D . FWIW, 5 years ago my response would've been the same.
    "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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  • unc2701
    unc2701 Posts: 3,587
    edited January 2006
    I always liked Wish You Were Here over DSOTM... Lately I've been doing my demo's w/ Massive Attack, Mezzanine. Dissolved Girl has these huge dynamics and lots of action under 30hz... but also has this section with major compression. Having the compression on there really helps evaluate a system- the better the system, the more it stands out, especially when followed with the more dynamic parts.

    Good thread to ressurect.
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited February 2006
    Cool how this thread is on its second ressurection...
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • Danny Tse
    Danny Tse Posts: 5,206
    edited February 2006
    Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

    For sheer fun and dynamics, crank "Money For Nothing". Especially if you have a multi-channel setup with SACD or DVD-A. Then skip to "Your Latest Trick" to get the amazing soundstage mixed into the recording....almost surround sound-like even when played in 2 channel stereo. After that, the title track should get the juices flowing with the keyboards and MK's guitar.
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  • bms
    bms Posts: 182
    edited February 2006
    For studio recordings, I like Yes' "Talk" or Kansas' "Somewhere To Elsewhere". For live recordings, Yes' "Keys To Ascention" or Rush's "A Show Of Hands". But then again I guess I'm sort of a bass freak.
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  • crazy
    crazy Posts: 443
    edited February 2006
    The Great Audio demo disc - has anyone heard it? I got it at a store that was demoing the B&W 8-series

    www.greataudio.com
    Distant Dream - A New Beginning
    www.distantdream.com
    (Now also available on iTunes)
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  • Holydoc
    Holydoc Posts: 1,048
    edited February 2006
    Audition with Eric Clapton Live and Blue Man Group Audio.
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