Larry Mcneely, Geoff Levin, and Jack Skinner "Confederation" Sheffield Lab #9. Also, Jerry Garcia and David Grisman Mobile Fidelity MFSL 2-430. Also Al DiMeola, John McLaughlin, and Paco DeLucia "Friday Night in San Francisco" Live, Columbia
Recomend Some Albums Recorded with True Imaging.
I am looking for some recommendations of some albums recorded for true imaging. By that I mean a group of people playing acoustic instruments recorded
old school
with just two microphones. Not songs mixed from multiple tracks and balanced to give the impression they are playing in the center. I have recently been relistening to the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's "Will the Circle be Unbroken". This is a raw recording where they found the best bluegrass and early county artists, sat them down in a studio, took one take, and (probably) recording them with just 2 microphones for stereo. No mixing and minimal processing. What they played in the room is exactly what you hear. The results for imaging is all I can say is wow. Even with a half decent system you can close your eyes and tell where ever instrument is playing from and where they are standing. And it is the first time I finally understood the phrase " the speakers disappear".
While my main preference is 70's progressive rock I don't think I will find it there. But Jazz, Bluegrass, Blues or Classical would be good. Any suggestions.
While my main preference is 70's progressive rock I don't think I will find it there. But Jazz, Bluegrass, Blues or Classical would be good. Any suggestions.
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Some good tips so far. I wasn't thinking that some record labels would specialize in "natural" recordings and will keep my eye out for them. I did see
Mercury Living Presence issued some collector box sets with 50 CDs each. Instant classical collection. Can anyone comment on their overall sound quality? I saw some tracks were recorded in mono. |
All Mapleshade recordings are minimally miced in real rooms. See at their site. You can play sample tracks. They have a couple of sampler CDs that give a taste of what their sound is. Try "13 Shades of Blue" Blues, Bluegrass and Jazz/blues. The sound is incredible! http://shop.mapleshadestore.com/Recordings_c_11.html And yes That Nitty Gritty Dirt Band album is incredible. Have you seen the documentary of it? A lot of fun to watch. That’s how I first heard about it. Was on Netfix I believe. |
Also check out Chesky Records. They have their Binaural series: http://www.chesky.com/content/binaural-serieshttp:// Very cool! Watch Steve's video on this page. |
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