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Reference Recordings

Does anybody find Reference Recordings truly high fidelity?
In orchestral music, their perspective seems to be from the rear balcony of the auditorium.
 I’ve always thought if my system improved I would hear what many critics rave about.
But now I’ve come to the conclusion they are just dull and washed-out recordings with no sound staging and lots of bass.  Even with the HDCD setting available on my Oppo 105 the sound still is distant and watery.
Is it just me, or do others feel this way?
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whart
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@newbee - newb, which of his recordings is a hoot, with African drums? Ah, you fixed it. Thanks, I have that one on a shelf, will have to pull it out. 
I have many of the old ones Prof did- one of my favorites, sonically, is the Three Penny Opera.
As you probably know, he went to hi-rez digital a while ago. I got the chance to learn about some of his recording techniques in connection with a Doug McLeod album which has a lot of very quiet passages--

newbee
4,775 posts
 
Whart, Revised! But I thought all you guys were clairvoyant and would just know these things. :-)
madavid0
214 posts
 
Some of their vinyl releases have issues.
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hifiman5
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I have quite a number of RR on vinyl.  Absolutely love the Hindemth and Arnold albums.  Beautiful music wonderfully recorded.  RR jazz offerings from Mike Garson, Tim Brock, The Blazing Redheads are fun tunes in killer sound. The Garson Oxnard Sessions LPs do have an unusually distant perspective however.
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twoleftears
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Copland #3 added to my shopping list.  Who can resist after that description?
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