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March 20, 2016, 04:21 PM #151
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Re: My 20 best SOUNDING album's, (all formats)
So is that were the future is going, back to 1/4 inch tape?
Not DSD, DXD, 24/96 etc?
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March 27, 2016, 07:30 PM #152
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Like string theory, audiophile subculture is complex and defined by unresolved questions. Is an insanely expensive cable really better than an outrageously expensive cable? Do tube amps trump solid-state amps? Horn, electrostatic, or ribbon hybrid speakers? What about Kind of Blue — mono or stereo? Each position can be defended or attacked with various specs, waveform graphs, and double blind listening tests.One question, however, has been resolved: tape or vinyl? Even the most dubious critics find no ambiguity here. The verdict: tape sounds better than vinyl. Period. Not the cassette tapes of Walkman era, of course. Not those 8-track bricks from the land of shag carpet supervans either. That crude tech is an insult to tape, the same way Velveeta is an insult to cheddar. The real vinyl killer turns out to be reel-to-reel tape. Played on unwieldy machines that conjure visions of ABSCAM sting operations and Boogie Nights bachelor pads, R2R tape is the latest retro-trend for hi-fi geeks and design fetishists who curate their living rooms like a MoMA exhibit.
The roots of this audio trend can be traced back to 2013, when a persnickety critic for The Absolute Sound shocked his readers by proclaiming that a new reel-to-reel deck designed by a team of fanatic engineers absolutely crushed the highest rated turntable rig ever reviewed by the magazine. A refresh of this same audiophile tape machine snagged one of The Absolute Sound’s coveted "Editors’ Choice" awards this year. That fancy R2R, which is handmade and can be customized like a Bentley, is one of the most popular demos on the
but I still like the SQ of Hi-res downloads and the EASE.
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March 27, 2016, 07:54 PM #153
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Like string theory, audiophile subculture is complex and defined by unresolved questions. Is an insanely expensive cable really better than an outrageously expensive cable? Do tube amps trump solid-state amps? Horn, electrostatic, or ribbon hybrid speakers? What about Kind of Blue — mono or stereo? Each position can be defended or attacked with various specs, waveform graphs, and double blind listening tests.One question, however, has been resolved: tape or vinyl? Even the most dubious critics find no ambiguity here. The verdict: tape sounds better than vinyl. Period. Not the cassette tapes of Walkman era, of course. Not those 8-track bricks from the land of shag carpet supervans either. That crude tech is an insult to tape, the same way Velveeta is an insult to cheddar. The real vinyl killer turns out to be reel-to-reel tape. Played on unwieldy machines that conjure visions of ABSCAM sting operations and Boogie Nights bachelor pads, R2R tape is the latest retro-trend for hi-fi geeks and design fetishists who curate their living rooms like a MoMA exhibit.
The roots of this audio trend can be traced back to 2013, when a persnickety critic for The Absolute Sound shocked his readers by proclaiming that a new reel-to-reel deck designed by a team of fanatic engineers absolutely crushed the highest rated turntable rig ever reviewed by the magazine. A refresh of this same audiophile tape machine snagged one of The Absolute Sound’s coveted "Editors’ Choice" awards this year. That fancy R2R, which is handmade and can be customized like a Bentley, is one of the most popular demos on the
but I still like the SQ of Hi-res downloads and the EASE.
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April 17, 2016, 07:51 AM #154
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Or MQA;
The sound of MQA, reproduced through a pair of Meridian DSP7200 loudspeakers, was simply stunning in every way. I heard a wide range of music, from full-scale orchestral to voices to a very quiet piece by the Modern Jazz Quartet from the 1950s. I can still vividly recall the delicacy, ease, and resolution of the cymbals in the MJQ piece. I was also struck by the precision of their placement and how they appeared to float in the air against a completely silent background. The treble was totally unlike any other digital I’d heard, completely free from the metallic hardness and artifacts we assume are part-and-parcel of digital audio. Instrumental timbres were so naturally rendered to be almost eerie in their realism. Voices had a stunning palpability and immediacy that were all the more realistic for their compact image size and the sense that they were surrounded by a natural acoustic. It’s interesting that, as I recall the experience, my sonic impressions were so striking that they are still vivid nearly a year later—yet I can’t remember any other demo I heard at the show.
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April 17, 2016, 08:02 AM #155
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double post. Here is photo of the new Pioneer MQA Player;
http://www.whathifi.com/news/pioneer...s-music-player
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June 29, 2016, 06:14 PM #156
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July 8, 2016, 12:13 PM #157
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Can't help but notice that there is only one Deutsche Gramophon album on your list. They sometimes get criticized for their SQ, is that also your experience, with the Carter album being the exception?
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July 29, 2016, 06:54 PM #158
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no 1, 2, and 3 of my list are on sale until September, all formats $10: http://www.soundliaison.com/
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July 29, 2016, 07:22 PM #159
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Nice list! Thanks for sharing. The Doug McLeod is quite different from your others, but great none the less.
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August 21, 2016, 05:53 PM #160
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September 23, 2016, 02:57 PM #161
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I find this DXD download very impressive. Superb playing and the sound is incredible, deep and spacious but also very intimate. Highly recommended.
And she is an artist who thinks....
http://trptk-store.com/product-category/maya-fridman/
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September 23, 2016, 03:11 PM #162
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Ironic that in the trailer she talks continuously and you can't get a feel for the music itself... lol
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September 23, 2016, 04:50 PM #163
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OK, now that I've heard some of the album (without her talking) I really like it.
I will be buying this. Thank you for the recommendation.Speakers: Magico M-Project w/MPods
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September 30, 2016, 02:13 PM #164
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Your welcome. I just visited the site and for some reason I only see it for sale right now as a CD....strange I bought the download.
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October 21, 2016, 06:30 PM #165
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They must have been reorganizing the site, it is back as a download now; http://trptk.com/
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November 4, 2016, 07:21 PM #166
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Or were you referring to the music, not the sound?
My pleasure,
I actually feel that the way the McLeod album has a similar sound as the Carmen Gomes and the Paul Berner downloads, spacious, with room for the instruments to breath, yet intimate.Well since this forum is about sound, I thought it a good idea to list some of my best sounding music in audiophile terms.
Unfortunately that means no Robert Johnson, Charlie Parker, Pablo Casals, Art Tatum, Heifetz...... since the recording quality of these albums is not outstanding but luckily I own a number of equally good but well recorded music in various formats.
1. Andre Heuvelman; After Silence.
2. Carmen Gomes; Thousand Shades of Blue.
3. Paul Berner Band; Road to Memphis.
After some consideration I decided to be bold and put three of my Sound Liaison Studio Master Downloads at the top of my list.
These 24/96 hi-res WAV files has a depth and natural decay combined with a warm wide sound stage which none of my other recordings can touch. Not bad for a small independent label.
Andre Heuvelman's After Silence is a stunning prove that he most be one of the worlds foremost trumpet players. I only have this download for a few days now but it is so convincingly recorded and produced that I had to put it on top.
Carmen Gomes knows how to move you without having to use any of the cheap effect's so many singers are constantly using putting them self's above the music, not here, this is straight from the heart.She turns Chris Isaac's ''Wicked Game'' into a hauntingly beautiful song of desperate love. True mastery.
Monty Alexander trio alumni, Paul Berner has made an achingly beautiful ''americana'' jazz album, with reed player Michael Moore in top form. The album with two guitars makes Bill Frisell come to mind.
The interplay between the guitars is incredible.
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4. Dough McLeod; There's a Time
5. Minnesota Orchestra; Symphonic Dances
6. Albert Fuller; Bach & Rameau
Equally good are the Keith Johnson recordings from Reference Recordings. These were my top audiophile musics until Sound Liaison came along.
The Doug McLeod recording has a similar sound as the Carmen Gomes ''Thousand Shades of Blue'' album, deep, warm and very natural. If it wasn't for the fact that Doug's voice is moving a little bit from left to right in the stereo image, that album would have been at No 1 or 2 together with Carmen Gomes..
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November 14, 2016, 07:10 PM #167
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Thinking about it I even think there is a connection in approach and sound of the two labels and the subjects the artist are singing/ playing about;
the Devil in example;
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December 9, 2016, 07:59 PM #168
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I do not how I could have missed this one, but got it now;
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December 25, 2016, 06:55 PM #169
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Peter Bernstein, Monk
mastered via an an analogue signal path.
Highly recommended guitar playing.
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January 6, 2017, 09:01 AM #170
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I bought the album as I am a big Bernstein fan, but the sound of the album is a bit of a disappointment , not the playing, the sound, it sounds mono, no use of the stereo field, and I find the guitar way too loud in the mix.
Compared to this;
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February 2, 2017, 10:56 AM #171
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New superb Bach recording by the Enghave Barok ensemble released on the Sound Liaison label, but not recorded by Frans de Rond but by danish engineer Torsten Jessen;
“The recording was made with a main pair of matched DPA microphones in an A/B configuration. Our DPA mics have a completely identical frequency response, securing a very stable and well defined stereo image. We had spot microphones on each one of the musicians. The distance of the spot microphones were meticulously measured in relationship to the main pair and the distance was then compensated for in the mix. We always use a great deal of time perfecting the phase between the spot microphones and the main pair in order to secure a completely focused stereo recording that clearly implement the depths of the acoustics of the church and vividly portrays each instruments placement in the stereo field.”
The 9 pieces of music were performed live in the studio in front of a select audience.The musicians were placed in front of a stereo pair of microphones with additional spot microphones on each instrument. The musicians were playing without headphones, the reason being that we believe that when we get the musicians to play together in the same room, without headphones, it creates a number of musical and technical benefits:
As they are not ''separated'' by the headphones, the musicians, in order to hear each other are forced to create a natural and musical balance, a balance which is then easily captured by the main stereo pair of microphones. Because of the natural and musical balance the need for compression to control levels is no longer necessary. Since everybody is in the same room, the boxed sound which is so common in many modern recordings is absent and the sound of the room helps ''glue'' the sound of the recording.
http://www.soundliaison.com/studio-m...live-edition-1
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March 12, 2017, 03:20 PM #172
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Just opened a mail from Sound Liaison announcing 3 days left of the introduction sale but also with a letter from the Enghave Barok pdf's showing the complete layout and setup of the church and the ensemble;
We should like to share with you one correspondence in particular from Billy in Pasadena, California and the reply from Enghave Barok director Christian Denh Bang ;
Greetings All at Sound Liaison,
I have just purchased and downloaded your Enghave Barok - Bach Live HD Edition 1 recording. It is phenomenal. Thank you so much for producing such masterpieces in performance and audio quality.
Is it possible for Torsten Jessen and/or Christian Dehn Bang to provide us with an Illustration or Photograph depicting the "Stage Map" which shows the actual Size and Layout of each Musician/Instrument and Vocalist on the recording "stage" in the church and also their placement within the church?
I am hearing an incredible "Sound Stage" and ambiance of the "room" with this recording, and would like to have an actual Reference to compare and confirm the "image placement" and depth of each instrument and vocalist, in order to properly set up and "fine tune" both my main Hi-Fi playback system and Neumann studio monitors in my home studio.
Thank you for your time and interest.
Sincerely, Billy
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Dear Billy!
Thank you so much for your kind email and interest in our recording – we highly appreciate your feedback!
Here’s 3 drawings showing Cross-sections of Enghave Church – at the one with the floorplan we have placed icons for the instruments and singers showing their position at the recording of Bach Live HD Edition 1. Hope that this was what you was asking for. Unfortunately we haven’t any pictures from that project. But you can find pictures from a school concert at our Facebook pagewww.facebook.com/enghavebarok/ It’s a different setup – but it will give you a pretty good idea of the stage. Later this year the church will undergo a major rebuild that, among other benefits, makes it an even better place to perform Bach.
Best wishes, Christian Dehn Bang
Bach Live HD Edition 1 Stage Map (High resolution pdf):https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/...e-14a16c6f9efe
Enghave Church Drawing 1.pdf (High resolution pdf):https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/...6-75199a3897d0
Enghave Church Drawing 2.pdf (High resolution pdf):https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/...5-46f6bf062638
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Gentlemen, Thank you so much. The PDF illustrations that you have provided are perfect and beyond my expectations! This is greatly appreciated.
I would look forward to hearing more recordings from the "new and improved" Enghave Church, so please contact me when you have new recordings available.
Thank you again!
Best regards, Billy
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March 27, 2017, 06:58 AM #173
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my preference is for
Fiona Joy - Into the mist
(double DSD 5,6 Mhz version)
I think it's very intimate and very well recorded (as usual in the catalog Blue Coast records).
Absolutely to have
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April 2, 2017, 08:34 AM #174
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Very good live recording of Dvorak's 9th.
Lot's of dynamics. those ''old'' phillips recordings stand the test of time.
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New Carmen Gomes album?
Looks as if there is a new Carmen Gomes album being released. But there is nothing on the Sound Liaison site, yet there is a couple of previews on youtube. They sound very promising:
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April 20, 2017, 09:44 AM #177
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So nice to see/hear that good proper placement of the instruments seems to be having a revival, as on the new Branford Marsalis album;
Highly recommended.
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April 20, 2017, 10:09 AM #178
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For Tidal subscribers it's available here.
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April 30, 2017, 10:01 AM #179
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It has been released and it is fantastic. Great songs, Carmen Gomes and band clearly enjoys playing these classic songs and the sound is phenomenal.
5$ discount on all formats at http://www.soundliaison.com/
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April 30, 2017, 10:30 AM #180
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Thank you for the recommendation, just bought a DSD version, as vinyl is not available. Let's see.
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May 1, 2017, 09:30 AM #181
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Downloading was at bit of a mess, but the gentleman from Sound Liaison was very helpful. The music sounds great in DSD though.
But for me this is a little bit of a record for format sake, not quite the most sophisticated blues interpretation as I find. Good listening experience nevertheless.
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May 5, 2017, 01:34 PM #182
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May 9, 2017, 01:43 PM #183
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Thanks to all contributors in this topic! If I think beside the usual stuff about hardware in this hobby, getting to experience new music via you guys is actually the most important thing for me from this hobby.
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May 12, 2017, 08:04 PM #184
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Artist: Eddie Palmieri CD Title: Vortex....Excellent Reedbook CD
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May 21, 2017, 10:34 AM #186
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So these are one of my best sounding albums (and favorite music):
1. Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde (F. Wunderlich, C. Ludwig - O. Klemperer) (Esoteric 2010) - DSD
2. Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition. A Night on the Bald Mountain (F. Reiner, CSO) (RCA Living Stereo 2004) - DSD
3. Rimsky Korsakov - Scheherazade. Stravinsky - Song of the Nightingale (F. Reiner, CSO) (RCA Living Stereo 2006) - DSD
4. Stravinsky - Rite of Spring. Firebird Suite (Budapest Festival Orchestra, I. Fischer) (Channel Classics 2012) - DSD
5. R. Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra. Ein Heldenleben (F. Reiner, CSO) (RCA Living Stereo) - DSD
6. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue (Columbia SACD Remaster 2003) - DSD
7. Peter Erskine, Marty Krystall, Buell Neidlinger - Aurora (Denon 1989) - PCM
8. Pete Alderton - Cover My Blues (Ozella Music) - PCM
9. Dave Brubeck Quartet - Time Out (Analogue Productions 2012) - DSD
10. R. Strauss - Scenes from 'Salome' & 'Elektra' (I. Borkh, F. Reiner, CSO) (RCA Living Stereo) - DSD
11. Cannonball Adderley - Somethin' Else (Analogue Productions 2009) - DSD
12. Beethoven. Bruch - Violin Concertos (A. Grumiaux, Sir Colin Davis, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/H. Wallberg, Philharmonia Orchestra) (Pentatone 2006) - DSD
13. Bernstein Conducts Copland (L. Bernstein, NYP) (Sony Classical 2003) - DSD
14. Ambrose Akinmusire - When the Heart Emerges Glistening (Blue Note 2011) - PCM
15. Ken Peplowski Quartet - When You Wish Upon a Star (Venus Records 2007) - PCM
16. Kenny Barron Trio - Minor Blues (Venus Records 2009) - PCM
17. Kent Poon - Audiophile Jazz Prologue III - PCM
18. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Ella & Louis Again (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 1995) - PCM
19. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Porgy & Bess (Verve) - PCM
20. Eiji Oue & The Minnesota Orchestra - Exotic Dances from the Opera (Reference Recordings 2009) - DSD
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May 21, 2017, 10:53 AM #187
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And more...
21. Jascha Heifetz - Double Concertos (Bach, Mozart, Brahms) (RCA Living Stereo 2006) - DSD
22. Grant Green - Idle Moments (Analogue Productions 2010) - DSD
23. Holst - The Planets. John Williams - Star Wars (Z. Mehta, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra) (Decca 2012) - DSD
24. Vlatko Stefanovski & Miroslav Tadic - Treta Majka (Scardona 2004) - PCM
25. Kings of Strings - First Step (Sokoj 2012) - PCM
26. Al di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco de Lucia - Friday Night in San Francisco (Philips 1981) - PCM
27. Wagner - Der Ring Des Nibelungen (Sir Georg Solti, VPO) (Decca 1997/2012) - PCM
28. Mahler - The Symphonies (R. Chailly, RCO, RSO Berlin) (Decca 2005) - PCM
29. Mahler - Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Manfred Honeck, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra) (Exton) - PCM
30. Mahler - Symphony No.6 (Ivan Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra) (Channel Classics) - DSD
31. Mahler - Symphony No.5 (Markus Stenz, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra) (Oehms Classics) - PCM
32. Mahler - Symphony No.1 'Titan' (Ivan Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra) (Channel Classics) - DSD
33. Dvorak - Symphony No.9 'From the New World' (Leonard Bernstein, NYP) (Sony Classical 1999) - DSD
34. Jimmy Cobb Quartet - Jazz in the Key of Blue (Chesky Records 2009) - DSD
35. Vangelis - 1492: Conquest of Paradise (Atlantic 2008) - PCM
36. John Barry - Dances With Wolves (Sony Classical 2000) - DSD
37. Carlos Heredia - Gypsy Flamenco (Chesky 1996) - DSD
38. Reference Recordings 30th Anniversary Sampler (Reference Recordings 2006) - PCM
39. Chet Baker & Bill Evans - The Complete Legendary Sessions (American Jazz Classics 2010) - PCM
40. Buika - Nina de fuego (WEA 2008) - PCM
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May 21, 2017, 11:00 AM #188
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And more...
41. Albert King With Stevie Ray Vaughan – In Session (Stax 2003) - DSD
42. Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue (Analogue Productions 2010) - DSD
43. Dexter Gordon - A Swingin' Affair (Blue Note) - PCM
44. Theo Croker - Afro Physicist (OKeh/Sony Masterworks 2014) - PCM
45. Shostakovich - Symphony No.10 (V. Petrenko, Royal Liverpool PO) (Naxos 2010) - PCM
46. Vladimir Vysotsky (Le Chant Du Monde/Omagatoki Japan Reissue 1988) - PCM
47. Vladimir Horowitz - Chopin, Schumann, Rachmaninov & Liszt (Sony Classical 1999) - DSD
48. Sanda Weigl - Gypsy in a Tree (Barbes Records 2010) - PCM
49. Petra Magoni & Ferruccio Spinetti - Musica nuda (BHM 2007) - PCM
50. Petra Magoni & Ferruccio Spinetti - Musica nuda 2 (Radio Fandango 2006) - PCM
51. Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez (P. Romero). Concierto Andaluz (Los Romeros) (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner) (Philips 2006) - PCM
52. Berg, Stravinsky - Violin Concertos (I. Perlman, S. Ozawa, BSO) (Deutsche Grammophon 1996) - PCM
53. Vivaldi: Heroes - Opera Arias (Jean Christophe Spinosi, Ensemble Matheus) (Erato 2007) - PCM
54. Lamenti (Emmanuelle Haïm, Natalie Dessay, Patrizia Ciofi, Véronique Gens, Joyce DiDonato, Philippe Jaroussky, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Topi Lehtipuu, Rolando Villazon, Laurent Naouri, Le Concert d`Astrée, Christopher Purves) (Erato 2008) - PCM
55. Beethoven - Eroica Variations. Piano Sonatas Nos. 21&23 (E. Gilels) (Deutsche Grammophon-Esoteric) - DSD
56. Rachmaninov - The Piano Concertos. Paganini Rhapsody (Stephen Hough, Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton) (Hyperion 2004) - DSD
57. Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps (Esa-Pekka Salonen, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra) (Deutsche Grammophon 2006) - DSD
58. Shostakovich - Symphony No.1. Cello Concerto (Mstislav Rostropovich, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy) (Sony Classical Great Performances 2006) - PCM
59. Jan Lundgren, Paolo Fresu & Richard Galliano - Mare Nostrum (Rolf Liebermann - Studio Hamburg 2014) - PCM
60. Virginia Zeani - Operatic Recital (Decca 2014) - PCM
Triangle Magellan Concerto 2 < AQ Everest < Vitus Audio SS-010 Mk2 < AQ Dragon HC < AQ WEL Signature XLR < Chord Qutest w UpTone JS-2 & AQ Dragon Source < SOtM tX-USBultra w 75Ohm Master Clock Input, Paul Hynes SR5-12 Turbo XL & AQ Dragon Source < AQ Diamond USB < Aurender N-100H w AQ Dragon Source < Gryphon PowerZone w AQ NRG-Wild < Solid Tech Hybrid < Ansuz Darkz D-TC, Darkz D2, Stillpoints Ultra SS, Omicron Harmonic Stabilizer & Gold SE < Furutech FT-SWS < Synergistic Research Blue Quantum Fuse
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May 21, 2017, 11:05 AM #189
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And more...
61. Dvorak - Symphony No.9 'From the New World' (N. Harnoncourt, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra) (Teldec 2000) - PCM
62. Cecile McLorin Salvant - WomanChild (Mack Avenue 2013) - PCM
63. Portico Quartet - Knee-Deep in the North Sea (Real World/B&W Society of Sound 2007) - PCM
64. Bill Evans - Some Other Time: The Lost Session From the Black Forest (Resonance Records 2016) - DSD
65. Natalie Merchant - Leave Your Sleep (Nonesuch Records 2010) - PCM
66. Beethoven - Triple Concerto (D. Oistrakh, M. Rostropovich, S. Richter, Berliner Philharmoniker, H. von Karajan) (EMI Classics/Warner Classics 2012) - PCM
Sorry guys! I think I got carried away... I've reached no.66 and there are plenty more... Not all of them are sonically amazing but a hi-end system can do wonders with these gems...Triangle Magellan Concerto 2 < AQ Everest < Vitus Audio SS-010 Mk2 < AQ Dragon HC < AQ WEL Signature XLR < Chord Qutest w UpTone JS-2 & AQ Dragon Source < SOtM tX-USBultra w 75Ohm Master Clock Input, Paul Hynes SR5-12 Turbo XL & AQ Dragon Source < AQ Diamond USB < Aurender N-100H w AQ Dragon Source < Gryphon PowerZone w AQ NRG-Wild < Solid Tech Hybrid < Ansuz Darkz D-TC, Darkz D2, Stillpoints Ultra SS, Omicron Harmonic Stabilizer & Gold SE < Furutech FT-SWS < Synergistic Research Blue Quantum Fuse
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June 4, 2017, 10:41 AM #190
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Thanks John, great list! I will go explore
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June 30, 2017, 11:14 AM #192
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Hi Johndoe
I see you have Dexter Gordon, a swingin' affair, which version do you have, and do you find the SQ better or similar to the album ''Go'' recorded 2 days earlier?
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August 22, 2017, 05:57 AM #194
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Thanks excellent CD!
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The Sound Liaison files are on sale this week, 33% off.
AudioSteam.com recommends the label on their list of lovely recordings:
Anything from Sound Liaison
Sound Liaison is a small audiophile type record company from the Netherlands. They differ from many audiophile labels as they produce music that you will want to listen to over and over again for the quality of the music and the performances rather than just for the sound quality. Don't get me wrong, the entire Sound Liaison catalogue, which is very small as they are a new label, features excellent sound. My favorites are Andre Heuvelman's After Silence featuring classical music, Carmen Gomes Inc.'s A Thousand Shades of Blue and Little Blue both of which feature music more in the pop and standards vein and two jazz recordings, Impromptu featuring Tony Overwater and Bert van den Brink on piano and bass and The Witner's Trio's En Azul which features some very creative arrangements of some jazz standards.
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November 17, 2017, 02:32 PM #196
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The 2nd album in the new DXD serie has just been released; Paul Berner Band playing Beatles songs. Highly recommended.
https://www.soundliaison.com/studio-...bird-has-flown
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November 17, 2017, 02:45 PM #197
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Love it. Sonically stunning.
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November 23, 2017, 10:51 AM #198
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+2
''This Bird has flown'' is a beauty. The 2 guitar players are fantastic and what a gorgeous bass sound.
And it is amazing how well the video they uploaded to youtube sounds. One should think that this kind of hi-res files with very little or no compression would not translate so well to the limited sonic requirements of youtube. It is no comparison to the real thing but still.
Have they made a special mastering for youtube?
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November 23, 2017, 11:49 AM #199
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I didn’t know about the video. Thanks. I have everything from soundliaison -even when the content isn’t my cup of tea, it’s so well recorded that it’s worth having in the collection.
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Equalizer/Phono Pre: DSAudio Master3
Speakers: TAD R-1 MkII, REL Six Pack of REL Carbon Specials
Power: Nordost QBase8 Mk3, QX4, Qkore1, 3 and 6 (chassis), QK1 (2), QV2 (2), Chord GroundAray (signal), Chord Line Aray (3), Chord Professional, AddPOWR EAU2 (2)
DAC/Serv-stream: LampiZator Horizon/ Taiko Extreme
Elrod Master Statement Diamond SE Speaker Cables
Elrod Master Statement Diamond PCs (7), Evolution Acoustics 50 ohm (Zeel Connection), Nordost Odin2 IC (2), Nordost Valhalla II USB, CH Acoustic X20 IC, Final Touch Audio Elara PCs (6)
AudioDesk Systeme RCM
CMS Ultra 2.0 Footers TT (2) and TD (2), Revopods (2) and SortKones and EVPs where they work
Critical Mass Systems Ultra-Q Rack > Silence Focus Amp Stands
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December 22, 2017, 11:07 AM #200
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Hey HoundDog with your name I guess the ''Road to Memphis'' download is your favorite Sound Liaison download
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