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Post by dino246gt on Aug 14, 2007 20:49:45 GMT
If the starting point for this thread was what is the best music to play to impress a visitor with your hi fi system then I believe the best thing you can do is to play THEIR favourite CD/LP.
Other than that, and for a visitor who really loves music I believe the best stuff to play is accoustic and or vocal. If it was recorded relatively simply with a single stereo mike then so much the better.
Slightly off topic but as a lot of people are comparing vinyl and CD in this thread I'd just like to say that whatever the relative merits of the two formats in terms of frequency range; dynamic range; amount of crackle etc etc I find that I can only listen to CD for about an hour at a time - it literally tires my ears is some way and I just end up feeling I've had enough . Vinyl on the other hand is just more...wholesome somehow (perhaps literally, as there are fewer "bits" missing)
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Post by thestratmangler on Aug 15, 2007 21:46:07 GMT
If the starting point for this thread was what is the best music to play to impress a visitor with your hi fi system then I believe the best thing you can do is to play THEIR favourite CD/LP. You are completely correct in your assertion - all too often one's personal preferences tend to cloud the situation. Slightly off topic but as a lot of people are comparing vinyl and CD in this thread I'd just like to say that whatever the relative merits of the two formats in terms of frequency range; dynamic range; amount of crackle etc etc I find that I can only listen to CD for about an hour at a time - it literally tires my ears is some way and I just end up feeling I've had enough . Vinyl on the other hand is just more...wholesome somehow (perhaps literally, as there are fewer "bits" missing). I quite agree with you in general with this one. I think CD's are great for the car, but for home listening I grew up with and prefer vinyl. Funnily enough vinyl does not sound cuddly & nice in my system - I've had visitors ask what the CD playing was, only to be astonished when I turned the record over at the end of a side. My current TT is 34 years old, as is the tonearm. Phono stage is a lot younger (GSP Gram Amp 2SE), and the cartridge around 7or 8 years old (stylus is a lot younger - had that since the back end of January 2007).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2007 5:15:39 GMT
Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, any of them. Jumping, jive-ing, big band, clarinet led, so many big hits, changes of tempo, hot, hot, hot.
Interesting selection Martin Taylor's "Spirit of Django". I've liked that one for a long time. He has a live one also, very excellent musician. Scotsman, I believe.
Norah Jones with the Peter Malick Group, good blues band.
Paul Schwartz' "Aria" 1,2, and 3 and "State of Grace" 1,2 and 3. All 6 titles give the classical, choral, modern beat/rhythm genre a good go.
Bill Frisell, "The Intercontinental". Another "all over the place, full of reverb type Frisell recording. "Live to Tell", also.
David Bowie's "Pinups", better on vinyl, though. 60's British pop, Bowie's way.
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Post by colin1958 on Aug 17, 2007 20:11:00 GMT
:)i really think convenience has a lot to do with music these days...don't you think??!!!i mean it's so easy to pick out a cd throw it on & play.as i remember with vinyl everything revolves around a sort of ritual.carefully slip the vinyl out of it's 2 covers,place on the deck,clean,check the stylus,maybe check the balance,place stylus on vinyl,creep ever so slowly away [more so if you have floorboards],recline on your 50's/60's beanbag & listen,by which time somebody else is telling you your tea is ready & on the table.so,you slowly creep up on the black spinning 12 incher,reject the arm,take the vinyl off the deck,replace carefully in its 2 layers and slide carefully away in its upright cabinet. my point is music has been produced on cd for covenience,a no brainer.there is a multitude of different speakers,amps cd players,tweaks galore to keep us all happy looking for that killer sound......and we all do.thats were forums like THE GROTTO are so important and many people drom all different backgrounds & up bringing can converge and give their knowledge. cheers!!!!!!!
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Post by aurum on Aug 25, 2007 9:36:54 GMT
Getting back to the topic, I'd vote for:
"Golden Heart" Mark Knopfler This is very well recorded, & has a warm multi-layered sound that you can extract a lot of detail from.
"Good Stuff" Eric Bibb Recorded on valve gear by Opus, what more can I say, not a song I don't like & his best to date
"The Coryells" 3 acoustic guitars in a row & Chesky recorded. This will sort out the wheat from chaff audio system. Some very fast sets with outstanding synchronisity & all with a different style of playing.
"October Road" James Taylor Easy listening & well recorded for that cosy night with friends
"Concerti for Strings" Vivaldi Need I say more Dorian recorded so it cannot help but impress. Very vibrant clear & optimistic sounding music
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Post by greg1 on Aug 29, 2007 17:23:14 GMT
"Concierto de Aranjuez, Pepe Romero & Concierto Andaluz, Los Romeros" - Joaquin Rodrigo; Academy of St. Martin-in the-Fields (Philips, LP)
"Just another diamond day" - Vashti Bunyan (Dicristina, LP)
"Aqualung" - Jethro Tull (Chrysalis, LP)
"Cantate Domino" (Proprius) - would really like to hear this one on LP
"Test CD 4.1" (Opus 3) no test signals or cannonade, just superbly recorded acoustic music
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Post by Deleted on Jan 4, 2015 19:12:36 GMT
My favourites for sound quality are:-
Eloy - Chronicles [totally frightening how much attack there is on this recording The Alan Parsons Project - Ammonia Avenue [direct metal master] Anything on the Deuche Gramofon label Enigma- The Return to innocence [gold plated edition].
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