jafant thanks for the nod. Funny, it was your post that inspired me to write mine!
Correction for my post: The insanely fantastic Dolly Parton tracks are 13 and 14– not 12 and 13.
For those scratching your head (Dolly Parton? Really?) I admit it sounds crazy... BUT... This is not your radio-hit or country-twang Dolly on these two tracks... rather, they’re a couple of hidden DSD treasures featuring Allison Krauss’ (often) guest dobro player Jerry Douglas and a crack engineering team reaching for sonic perfection. It was created in the hey-day of DSD engineering and development of the Sony’s state of the art Sonoma multi-track studio system. If you have tubes or planars you’ll be pressed to find a better sounding set of pure DSD test tracks for image, surround, voice and string (violin close-mic and acoustic guitar dynamics).
Footnote... I was not really a big fan of Dolly or her recordings until I heard these tracks. They changed everything.
