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Good quality cd's

Being retired and started to listen to more music, I have a nice but modest system. One thing I have noticed is that when buting cd's there is a lot of stuff out there and none of the sites really devote much space to the quality of the cd. I know there is xrcd,sacd,hdcd, and redbood which may all go by the wayside. One thing I have found out is with a good system a good cd will sound great and a bad cd will sound terrible.
Are there any sites out there (Amazon do a real good job)have give a little space to how good the cd may be; mixing, using good equipment just producing a good quality cd.
Would appreciate any advice.
rgreene
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ncarv
983 posts
 
Playback reviews music and evaluates the sonics:

http://www.playbackmag.net/
mantisory
95 posts
 
Most of the audiophile magazines devote at least some space to reviews - and The Absolute sound also has some 'top 100 sounding' lists...other than that, playback is good, and elusivedisc, acoustic sounds are also good.
there are numerous other sites as well...
musicnoise
377 posts
 
Our music tastes are different but I have found the best source for not only the performance but also the quality of the sound to be books dedicated to just that. For classical works the Grammophone Classical Music Guide, a yearly publication, has not steered me wrong. Penguin is the oldest and probably most popular guide and there are a host of others. I would imagine that someone puts out a reputable annual reference for the genre that you listen to. I agree that in general if you read the reviews on Amazon you end up with a pretty good idea of not only what is well done musically but what was well recorded. Good luck.
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