Captain Crunch decoder ring for findind audiophile quality CD recordings

"Talking Timbuktu" is a good one.

Hadn’t listened to it for a while, discovered it again the other day.

Get some CDs from Reference Recordings and also look for HDCD

From The Polarity List, sample CDs

R = Reverse Polarity
From George Louis’ the Polarity List

Analogue Productions R
Analogue Productions – FI The Magazine of Music & Sound R
Deutsche Grammophon R
WARNER BROS. Records, Inc (Phonogram Ltd.) – Dire Straits – Love Over Gold R
Proprius R
Proprius – Jazz at the Pawnshop R
Proprius – Contate Domino R
Opus 3 R
Opus 3 – Depth of Image Test Record 1 R
Mercury Living Presence R
Chesky R
Clarity Recordings R

One of the most consistent labels I've found (providing you like Baroque style classical material) is just about everything on Archiv.  It's all 16/44 but the engineering is, at least for my ears- superb.  Reference Recordings are limited but HDCD or not, also super good. Some swear by Telarc, some hate Telarc- but I like it.  Chesky's are good but not a lot of material.  
    Captain Crunch has too much sugar content, but I once bought a big box of Kellogg corn flakes so I could get the match-book stock-car inside.  It was worth it, though- fast little thing- state of the art!

@dldennisthx
for adding the link for loudness wars, I forgot to.

also, I didn’t know there was a Loudness Wars rating system for Digi recordings (24/...) as well. Interesting. 

I have the Audio Tools App, wonder if I can determine my own distortion levels from recordings with this App.
will check the Loudness Wars website since they have directions ...