What CD has the best production/sound?

If you can find the Burmester, Art for the Ears disc, grab it. It is a sampler disc and the sound is incredible.

Try Cowboy Junies "Trinity Sessions" Imaging, soundstage, and sense of acoustic space are very good.

Oops, that's Cowboy Junkies

I second the Dan's 2AN, it is an awesome "non-audiophile" recording. I also second the Bob Ludwig mastered disks, his stuff is almost always excellent. For a little different type of sound try Allison Krause's excellent disk "Forget About It", she'll sound like she is singing right in front of you. Good post!

Produced by Patsy Cline's producer, Owen Bradley, and recorded with all tube equipment, "Shadowland" is probably k.d. lang's best sounding CD. There's nary a dud on this great collection, which features Kitty Wells, Loretta Lynn and Brenda Lee on the last song, "Honky Tonk Angels." Highly recommended.