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Establishing a common analog listening bias

Maybe it is possible to establish a widely accepted common ground in terms of listening bias by choosing and agreeing on 10-30 LPs all readily available new to all audiophiles for decent price.
If all listening tests and personal comments regarding the sound of components and systems in the various threads and posts would refer to any of these LPs mainly, everyones comments and experiences would much easier be understood by their fellow Audiogoners.

How about an "Audiogon baker's double-dozen"?

This would create a solid ground for all of us.

How do you think about this ?
dertonarm
axelwahl
788 posts
 
Oh yes,
the one's been kicked about in the "Killing sibilance..." thread,
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?eanlg&1245595534
and is well distributed. Doug's using it as some sort of test LP.
The Eagles' "Hell freezes over" ('Tequila Sunrise', 1st Track on side 2) was brought on by Raul he's using it as a test LP (but the 2nd track on side 2, 'Hotel California'), it's their 2nd last album and also available.
A.
dertonarm OP
1,042 posts
 
Sounds good to me.
The Eagles album would have been one of my suggestions in the Rock/Pop department anyway.
ptmconsulting
1,000 posts
 
Is this list limited to common album pressings, or are Reference Recordings or Acoustic Sound and other "premiere" labels also to be included? Same question for 45RPM vs 33RPM?

I ask because some of my premiere/specialty recording disks are just absolutely stellar and completely blow away my more common records. Two particularly come to mind:

88 Basie Street
Ray Brown Trio - Soular Energy

As for the more common albums I would recommend:

many by Cat Stevens
Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
Friday Night in San Francisco (McLaughlin, DeMeola, DeLucia)

Bob
dertonarm OP
1,042 posts
 
Hi Bob,

as far as I am concerned, I am fine with every suitable record which is READLY AVAILABLE NEW and to everyone.

Thanks, D.
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rauliruegas
13,106 posts
 
Dear friends: I just have a very good experience that confirm the necessity to have this " common ground " by ourself.

Making a small change in our tonearm design I test the " old " prototype against the " new " with that small change on it. As always I made it with my " common ground " recordings/tracks, the change was so " tiny " that after the Janis Ian recordings everything the same ( at least I can't detect differences in the performance. ) but when I run the Eagles one at the very first stroke on the percussion the " difference " comes alive, I run the Patricia Barber where there were almost no diffrence.

I'm talking here of very tiny changes that fortunately for me I can dettect through that " common ground " recordings. It is not only to have a high resolution audio system with a near perfect set up but to have the software and to know what looking for.

Regards and enjoy the music,
Raul.
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