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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,742
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    Tidal Master. Definitely a nice piece of classical music with plenty of low end excitement and dynamics. Highly recommend. Not boring.
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
    Haven’t posted in this thread for awhile. Hello everyone. :)

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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,945
    Ivan, is that Allison Krauss album a "recommended" one off your list? I don't have that one. Please advise and thanks,

    Tom
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  • hochpt21
    hochpt21 Posts: 5,423
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,918
    hochpt21 wrote: »
    Haven’t posted in this thread for awhile. Hello everyone. :)

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    simply -- the best rock 'n' roll album of all time, full stop.
    IMO, of course.

    Howdy!
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,934
    treitz3 wrote: »
    Ivan, is that Allison Krauss album a "recommended" one off your list? I don't have that one. Please advise and thanks,

    Tom

    You should get it. They're now getting pricey in the SACD format. I think all hers are very well recorded. I lucked into that one and the Forget About It SACD from the same seller on ebay back in November.

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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,945
    Eh, not too bad right now. Most of them are averaging around 75 bucks. Still expensive but not at the "ridiculous" point yet. I don't want to get it as an investment, I'm more interested in the music.

    I bought one album from her that I listened to once...and fast forwarded through most of it. Too damned twangy country and girly for me. I have not put it into rotation since and it is in the "waste CD" section I have designated in the closet. Very rarely does a CD get that designation.

    I can wait for a mint condition SACD of this album and I'm okay with paying a little bit more for it but I was just wondering if the music was enjoyable. I love her and Union Station's live in Louisville album along with her "A Hundred Miles or More" album.

    What say you?

    Tom
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  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 26,934
    Many songs from those two albums are on the live album. Yep cannot disagree it is a bit twangy. I am first and foremost a hard rocker I tend to rather have an ice pick shoved in my ear than listen to country. My Mom and Dad really loved the super twangy old style country music so I'm deep in knowledge with it. All because of that dang oh brother movie and that song was the reason I ever gave Allison Krauss a try. The musicianship is off the chart for me and it's bluegrass that I can listen to. There is very few country artist I can listen to. Jerry Reeds guitar work and a few songs I can kick back to. There are a few others that I'm drawing a blank on ATM you get the jest of it thou I'm sure.

    I've come to like the Alice in Chains greatest hits SACD. I know I said at one time it had far too much bass and was recorded poorly. But most of my listening on that at that time was on my home theater and I could never get it (AIC)dialed in but I have to say now that I'm just listening to it on 2 channel I no longer have a home theater, I've come back to realize it's a little better than what I had told you in the beginning so if you find it at a decent price jump on it as well.
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,945
    Duly noted. Thanks man.

    Tom
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,945
    Sweet tittie!!!

    I have a mint SACD coming and it should be here by the 10th. Looking forward to getting it.....which is somewhat weird. I used to not be able to really stand Alison's voice but on a proper system? Her voice is awesome and I have come to really like her and her voice. TBT, she did have to grow on me a little bit. It wasn't an immediate love affair, if you will.

    IIRC, the first time I heard a song by her was "Jacob's Dream". What a gut wrenching song that pulls at your emotions whether you want it or not.

    Tom
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  • mhardy6647
    mhardy6647 Posts: 34,918
    She (Alison Krauss) has a fine voice but it can bring out the worst in some loudspeakers (IME). The Cornwalls made her high register really, unbearably piecing. The EMILAR treble horns
    handle her much, much better.

    Ghost in this House (another gut-wrenching little ditty) is one of my go-to torture tests for midrange performance, as a matter of fact.

    Cornwall = epic fail.

    :|
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,098
    Frijid Pink released 50 years ago today. Known for their reworking of House of The Rising Sun. Motor City like MC5; The Stooges
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    Wow. Is Frijid Pink really that old? I just came across them a couple of years ago, and love their version of House Of The Rising Sun.
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,098
    Yes. They had some good original songs too. That album made quite a splash
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  • BlueBirdMusic
    BlueBirdMusic Posts: 2,746
    Listening to this one of those on the list:

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    What Is The Most Cliché Audiophile Album of All Time?
    https://audiophilereview.com/audiophile-news/what-is-the-most-cliche-audiophile-album-of-all-time.html

    Don't have:
    Various Artists: Jazz at the Pawnshop
    Lyle Lovett: Joshua Judges Ruth
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  • JayCee
    JayCee Posts: 1,502
    Discovered this album at the library when I was in high school. Recorded it on my Technics turntable/cassette deck. This album also ushered in my first romance. Ahhhh, memories. Sought out more of his work and have been a lifelong fan ever since. Even flew to London to see him in the Royal Albert Hall when I lived in Germany. Amazing venue and the chap sitting next to me had attended private parties with the "boys from Cream" when he was a kid.
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  • JayCee
    JayCee Posts: 1,502
    On an 80's JB roll. Not his "best" era but I love it none-the-less. Took my dad to the Lawyers in Love concert when I was 17 and told Jackson about introducing my dad to his music when I met him in 2010. Usually, it's the father that passes the music on to the son....Jackson thought it was pretty cool that it was the other way around.
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  • chumlie
    chumlie Posts: 8,658
    Zappa: Uncle Meat.
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    JayCee Posts: 1,502
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    Muchieman Posts: 204
    edited January 2020
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    is there a way to delete this post? hit by accident
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    Learn how to post pictures. The Forum Testing Area is your friend.
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  • dromunds
    dromunds Posts: 10,098
    Happy birthday John Paul Jones.
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  • BlueFox
    BlueFox Posts: 15,251
    Deafheaven

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  • BlueFox
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    Cloak

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    Exhorder

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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    BlueFox wrote: »
    I slipped on editing. Sorry. :)

    BlueDog I don't mind the full pic, gives me a chance to see the other songs you got in your queue. What's on your mind, so to speak. Gosh, that's kinda scary! :smile:
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  • Gardenstater
    Gardenstater Posts: 4,742
    edited January 2020
    The one highlighted is one of my go to things to check out the low end of my system.
    The pipe organs seem to go pretty darn low. Haven't determined how low.
    Maybe somebody with subs that go below 20Hz could check it out. I'd be interested in hearing their opinion.byra5rdvzuwo.png
    George / NJ

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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,945
    verb wrote: »
    BlueFox wrote: »
    I slipped on editing. Sorry. :)
    BlueDog I don't mind the full pic, gives me a chance to see the other songs you got in your queue. What's on your mind, so to speak. Gosh, that's kinda scary! :smile:
    Start another thread if you are going to do that. We don't need a daily schedule of songs on this thread, just what you are listening too. Half the times I pick out 6 or 7 albums for the day's listening, I change my mind midstream anyway.

    Scrolling down seemingly half a page to see 3 songs is a bit much. Try that on a cell phone and....well....just take it to a PM or start another thread please.

    Tom



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