Thank you! Much appreciated. The folks I burned on the disk are outstanding and (most) were really well recorded.
I sometimes break out the disk and just play it for my enjoyment.
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Mt Joy - Younger days....want to hear what the guitar sounds like Anette Askvik - liberty....want to hear the sax solo Nils Lofgren Band Live - Girl in Motion...want to hear guitar solos Nils Lofgren Band Live - Bass and Drums....want to hear how the bass and drums react. Eva Cassidy - You take my breath away. Want to hear vocals. A speaker must pass my listening criteria on all of these songs before I decide to buy.
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Some great music here. Thanks for all the suggestions. I've found some artists I like that I wasn't aware of. Here's a few a like. I think a few of these might have been listed already. "Birds" by Dominique Fils-Aime on Nameless "Kiss in Blue" by Yello/Heidi Happy on Touch "Why" by Sophie Zelmani on Time to Kill "Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley on Grace "Fading Sun" by Terje Isungset on Winter Songs (great bass and bells) "Way Down Deep" by Jennifer Warnes on The Hunter "With All My Love" by Melanie De Blasio on No Deal "Tin Pan Alley" by Stevie Ray Vaughan on Couldn't Stand The Weather "Show Biz Kids" by Rickie Lee Jones on It's Like This "Thanks to You" by Boz Scaggs on Dig |
If I want to get a feel for a systems overall reach and capability while still listening to real music I find a good pressing of the eponymous Rickie Lee Jones essential. The parts where Mr. Scott and the horn section are stretching out are brilliant from a evaluation perspective. Musics pretty hot too. Any of the 'audiophile classics' that you like, especially the well done direct-to-disc ones are perfect tools to help review a system. New speakers are a huge event for us music lovers and can have the most obvious and immediate effect on what you hear. Changes like cartridges and amps and power cables can sometimes make improvements that take a while to sink in. If the speakers are a genuine improvement much of that jumps right at you (in general, no quibbles please). My new speakers were two weeks old yesterday and they are begging me for a coffee break. Get back to work I respond! |
Bryan Ferry - Don’t stop the Dance Roxy Music - Avalon Joni Mitchell - Court and Spark-Supertramp - Even in the Quietest Moments-Cat Stevens- How can I tell You- Eric Clapton - She’s Waiting- The Police - Voices in my Head David Grey - This Year’s Love- Ry Cooder- I Like Your Eyes - Sting - Fortress Around Your Heart |
Important to have several ~~Reference recordings~~~ when determining if a new piece of equipment is great,,avg or poor,,,and also for revealing mods,, if a success or a failure,,,Knowing how a reference cd sounds pre mod post mod, , tube rolling. Faith Hill, is one such reference,,,opening track You were Right There, ,,, how much passion comes through, Diana Krall. Others include, Sophie Milman, , Gatemouth Brown Diana Krall |
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I've used this one for years.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UmyhVCG8Pes&list=PL0B4E1E95A6E1B81F |
Dave Brubeck and the Take Five album is not only a great album but has the widest range of good clear 'music' to test new equipment. From the tiny bells and triangles to longer bass solos you can hear it all. When that is all settled then try some Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band doing 'I'm Gonna Booglerize You Baby". Turn it up. |
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thank you for this post. lots of stuff to check out. Queen: love of my life, live in Argentina 1977 Joe Cocker : The Letter, live at the fillmore east, 1970 Sade: is it a crime. Haunt me Enya: Watermark album Ella Fitzgerald: everything when she was young(er) Paul Simon: me and julio Itzhak Perlman : smile, from modern times 1936 (i think) of course there's more. all taken to a new level with my new Lumin T2, through Legacy Sig SE's, (not just for ht ) love em ! |
There are a lot of great songs here -- I just threw a couple up without much bothering to say *why* I use them. Without saying why, it just seems like I'm telling you about my favorite songs, and that wasn't the OP's gist. So, here's a good one, with a "why": https://www.amazon.com/Recat/dp/B005J57SK6 "Recat" is on Ricardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer's album, Re: ECM. It is a weird electronic track which begins with hypnotic drums and little electronic pulses, some thrown all the way behind your right and left ears; soon, a melody begins to emerge, almost as if it was underwater, far away — it sounds like a merry-go-around melody, looping, getting closer. The whole thing is rhythmic, bass-y, with a very interesting sound stage that pops in front and around you, like fireworks. I tried it on different speakers and amps and while it's always fun to listen to, when the gear is good, you'll forget yourself. |
