whats the finest recorded cd you've heard?


Regardless of the music style what's the one disc that made you say wow about the recording quality. The one disc that comes to mind when you want to demo your system for someone. For me, I just heard an older cd from the rippingtons. The cd is "Let it Ripp" It's very well done!

Mike
ndfan
There are so many. Here are a few just off my head:

Any CD from FIM. FIM makes great CDs. If you are getting only one, buy the Audiophile Reference IV.

Rickie Lee Jones: Flying Cowboys. This is absolutely stunning recording. Her voice is warm and delicate. Drum shots are so realistic and dynamic. It sounds more like master tape than CD. Absolutely no digital noise.

Mickey Hart: Dafos. A classic but it might be difficult to find.

Master Of Chinese Percussion. If you want to show off the dynamic and transparency of bass production, this is it. Just make sure you know the limit of your system and turn the volume up slowly or you might risk damaging your speakers.
The FINEST? Thought it said the FIRST... (my bad)

While Thriller is pretty good on its own (Q. Jones is a certified genius), The JVC/XRCD of Holst's "The Planets" is outstanding.
Jerry Gonzalez - Y Los Piratas Del Flamenco. This is the most natural sounding cd I have on all instruments. I have a lot of great sounding cd's but many of them are great on guitar or piano or voices but may lack i another area. This one is beautiful across the board. Drums/percussion are precise and snappy and the horn/trumpet playing sounds perfectly real and guitars are full bodied.
Sugar Blue "In Your Eyes" on Alligator. Every time I play this, I seem to turn it up, and up. I've never played anything else as loud as this. Everything just sounds right. The horns are great, the drums are felt, the harp is magic!