Direct 2 Disc

A friend of mine has a quite large collection that includes a lot of very small label blues recordings.  Often, it is something recorded in someone's house, not a studio, using only a few microphones.  Some of these recordings are stunningly realistic.  I know simply-made music is easier to record, yet, I don't hear anything like this in most other fancy studio recordings of any sort.  Also, a lot of difficult to make orchestral recordings from the past are easily the match of what is recorded these days.  Many Decca, Columbia, and RCA recordings from the 1960's are amazingly good when it comes to sound quality.

I do like current digital recordings of classical music and jazz.  At least with these genre, producers haven't flattened dynamics and absolutely ruined the sound.  Most of this music has not been issued on vinyl, so it is hard to make any sort of vinyl vs. analogue comparisons.  

Holy Smokes!  I have been posting about these for over a year or two and the posts have been completely ignored.

Whatever.

Listen to garbage if you want and then tell us all how good or bad your equipment "sounds."

Evidently audiophiles are not as bright as I thought; a BIG reason I got of the business years ago.

Cheers!

Tower of Power Direct, Sheffield Lab 17
Sugar Loaf Express feat Lee Ritenour, JVC Direct Disc VIDC 2
Friendship, Lee Ritenour, JVC Direct Disc VIDC 3
Gentle Thoughts, JVC Direct Disc VIDC 1

To echo the OP, I found a D2D recording of the Toronto Chamber Orchestra playing Bachs Concertofor Violin and it simply sounded incredible. Full and lush and a huge Soundstage. 

For years the M&K release of 'Flamenco Fever' D2D has been a holy grail...there is a reason for that.