Mapleshade recordings

There are a couple that I like.

Electric Blues Doctor Live
ARC Choir
Sunny Sumter with the Larry Willis Quarter
Also, there are some samplers.

I agree with Islandmandan. The quality of the music and performances vary widely.

Clifford Jordan, Live at ethels is a amazing recording live, and killer jazz...

I'm a vinyl guy, this cd I love!

Jfrech is right - Live at Ethels is really good, and is especially good for comparing different gear in your system.

Also agreed about how some are not so good. Mostly, they are very good though.

I've been wanting to get the ARC Chior but with along with three others to take advantage of the discount. I'll check out the ones you mention Gsm18439 - thanks.

The sampler is a good place to start.

How about a basic description of your CD library?

Why I ask is... if only a handful of them sound good, then there would seem to be a serious problem with your current playback system.

I have over 1500 CD's that sound fine on my setup and probably 3000 LP's that I can say the same for.

I culled/sold/donated thousands of LP's & CD's over the past 5 years, but this was based upon the music itself and not how the albums sounded Hifi wise.

Yes, some recordings are crappy in general, but if the music is good it will persevere regardless.

I find your posting to be quite odd, as I understand it.

no offence, but 'a handful of cds worth listening to, out of a collection', is not a good sign....you should be enjoying artists you love, and not be worried about what your system sounds like. otherwise, there's literally a world of great stuff out there you'll be missing.