Best quality sounding cds on the market that are not HD

BigMac
BigMac Posts: 849
edited September 2008 in Music & Movies
What cd do you think is worthy? I know this can be interpreted in many ways and that is what I am hoping for. The more suggeestions there are the better this thread will be. Or better yet, you can even not like the artist, just love the way the disc sounds. It can be a particular maker, band, demo cd disc, company that offers their own take on what a cd should sound like, etc. In no particular order here are a few of my choices.....

MFSL
Chesky Records
Telarc Sound
BIS recordings
FIM Recordings
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  • Ern Dog
    Ern Dog Posts: 2,237
    edited September 2008
    Concord
    Reference Recordings- These are mostly all HDCD. Breath taking resolution and dynamics.
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  • fbm211
    fbm211 Posts: 1,488
    edited September 2008
    Planet six productions and recordings AB. AND Stockholm records.I have several CDs from these companys and there the best recordings Ive heard....so far.
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  • DForeman
    DForeman Posts: 468
    edited September 2008
    Anything post 1999 from Steely Dan or Donald Fagen.

    Sound quality is rich and full.
    Parasound P5 Pre
    Marantz AV 7703 Pre/Pro
    Outlaw 7500 Amp
    Marantz SA14s1 SACD/CD
    Rega Planar 2 TT
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    Oppo BDP-103
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  • MillerLiteScott
    MillerLiteScott Posts: 2,561
    edited September 2008
    I just bought a used self titled Keb Mo red book cd and it sound pretty F'n good. Reference F'n good for my system. YMMV
    I like speakers that are bigger than a small refrigerator but smaller than a big refrigerator:D
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  • BigMac
    BigMac Posts: 849
    edited September 2008
    I just broke out 4 cds from the FIM super sound collection. I had forgotten how good these cds sound. Now to locate the rest of my MFSL stuff, that box has to be around here somewhere. Nice to be off all day and to have some uninterrupted time to listen to this. Usually have 2 kids and a wife telling me to turn it down,lol.:eek:
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  • mhw58
    mhw58 Posts: 359
    edited September 2008
    BigMac wrote: »
    What cd do you think is worthy? I know this can be interpreted in many ways and that is what I am hoping for. The more suggeestions there are the better this thread will be. Or better yet, you can even not like the artist, just love the way the disc sounds. It can be a particular maker, band, demo cd disc, company that offers their own take on what a cd should sound like, etc. In no particular order here are a few of my choices.....

    MFSL
    Chesky Records
    Telarc Sound
    BIS recordings
    FIM Recordings

    DCC Gold cd's mastered by Steve Hoffman are my favorites. They ALL sound fantastic.
    Mike
    Fronts: SDA1C's
    Rears: SDA2's
    Center:CS400i
    Sub: PSW505
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  • fossy
    fossy Posts: 1,378
    edited September 2008
    Van Halen ----
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  • pmckeealaska
    pmckeealaska Posts: 808
    edited September 2008
    Any album on the ECM label is aweome in quality. I think Manfred Eichman has produced just about every album on the label.
    Music and Movie Rig

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    LSiFX Surrounds
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    Denon DVD 2900 Universal Player
    Audiosource 10 Band Digital Equalizer
    Audioquest CV-8 speaker cables
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