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The very best sound: Direct to Disc

Since I got a new cartridge (Clear Audio Virtuoso) i’ve rediscovered the Sheffield and RR Direct Disc albums in my collection.  
Wow! they put everything else to shame.  I picked up about twenty Sheffield D2D’s when Tower Records went out of business for a song (no pun intended.) I’m just now listening to them and find there’s nothing that sonically compares.  They’re just more real sounding than anything else.  Not spectacular but realistic.   
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petg60
1,486 posts
 
hi,
3 of them, 
Thelma Houston & Pressure Cooker- i ve got the music in me
Jim Keltner/Ron Tutt - The Sheffield drum record
Amanda McBroom & Lincoln Mayorga - West of Oz
As in op not spectacular but real fun.


schubert
7,386 posts
 
+3 for Harry James LP , very musical  !
lewm
12,849 posts
 
Great technology. Not always the greatest musicians.
dramatictenor
183 posts
 
I have a D2D Charlie Byrd on the San Francisco based Crystal Clear label. Good sound and music
jnorris2005
185 posts
 
I have a bunch of them as well - bought them when they first came out on vinyl!  Beware the CD of "Growing up in Hollywood Town", it sounds like someone did the smiley face on the EQ.

There is quite a bit of difference between the original records and the 96/24 FLAC copies available on HDTracks and elsewhere.  The records are more dynamic with a significantly deeper and more impactful bottom end.  Listening to the Amuseum cut on the Track Record - the difference in the bass is night and day in favor of the vinyl.
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