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Post by Deleted on Dec 12, 2019 17:10:39 GMT -5
The article said "definitive best 50 albums for audiophiles" but then says "list of 50 records...they'll give your hi-fi a workout". So that mean LPs only?
The whole list goes to crap if remastereds are included.SACD, DVD-A & Hi-Rez changes everything.
If we stick with the lowest common denominator- digital CD's the list is compilable. Not everyone has LPs or Hi-Rez.
Slowhand remastered SACD version is very good (by reviews), but the original CD is about average.
I owned Denon DVD-3800 that plays CD & DVD-A, not SACDs. This year we got Sony UBP-X800 player, the first SACD capable.
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Post by Gary Cook on Dec 12, 2019 18:31:13 GMT -5
Slowhand remastered SACD version is very good (by reviews), but the original CD is about average. Once again posts on here prompted me to spend money (bad influence), although I have had it in mind for some time, last night I bought the SACD version of Slowhand.  Cheers Gary |
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Post by 405x5 on Dec 12, 2019 18:47:33 GMT -5
I have 4 SACD's that I can't split;     Cheers Gary That Diana Krall album....a perfect blend of mystery and sensuality......(The album cover....dammed if I’ve yet heard the music.) Bill |
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Post by simpleman68 on Dec 12, 2019 19:14:46 GMT -5
I have 4 SACD's that I can't split; Cheers Gary That Diana Krall album....a perfect blend of mystery and sensuality......(The album cover....dammed if I’ve yet heard the music.) Bill I hear that, Elvis is one lucky boy  Scott
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Post by SteveH on Dec 12, 2019 19:49:48 GMT -5
Some of my favorites... Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive Frampton Comes Alive is one of my favorites. I have the original album accompanied by weed still mashed in the gatefold! He put on a great show back in September.  |
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Post by 405x5 on Dec 12, 2019 22:26:50 GMT -5
Some of my favorites... Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive Frampton Comes Alive is one of my favorites. I have the original album accompanied by weed still mashed in the gatefold! He put on a great show back in September. View AttachmentYou Frampton fans (I’m one of them) should enjoy the Live in Detroit Dvd 📀 from 1999. DTS audio and Frampton still at his best along with the late great Bob Mayo on the guitar 🎸. Bill |
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Post by Gary Cook on Dec 12, 2019 22:49:16 GMT -5
That Diana Krall album....a perfect blend of mystery and sensuality......(The album cover....dammed if I’ve yet heard the music.) Bill If you haven't already, do yourself a favour Bill, go and see Diana live, it's very worthwhile  Merry Xmas Gary |
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Post by klinemj on Dec 12, 2019 22:49:54 GMT -5
Some of my favorites... Frampton - Frampton Comes Alive Frampton Comes Alive is one of my favorites. I have the original album accompanied by weed still mashed in the gatefold! He put on a great show back in September. View AttachmentI saw Frampton Live on the "Frampton Comes Alive" tour. It was amazing. Mark |
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Post by drtrey3 on Dec 13, 2019 8:43:22 GMT -5
Those Clapton surround mixes are tasty. Difficult to achieve from a recording destined for two channel. Not all of them work to my ears! Abraxas, a great record, sounded a little gimmicky with all the swirling percussion and such. So I got the stereo SACD. Marvelous!
Trey
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Post by geeqner on Dec 13, 2019 9:52:14 GMT -5
Don't know about "Audiophile", but some of MY favorites (Vinyl or CD): I mention these because I feel that they either exhibit what I feel are unusually good dynamics. or those with what I feel are good ambience - putting you "in the room" or "in the front row" - BOSTON - First album and "Don't Look Back" (My First Rock-N-Roll Album - I wore-out my first copies)
- PHIL COLLINS - Face Value (I feel that this was a truly excellent recording)
- PETER GABRIEL - "In Your Eyes" (got it on a 45 RPM LP-Sized single with an extended mix with more African drums in background)
- DIRE STRAITS - "Brothers in Arms"
- DONALD FAGAN - "The Nightfly" (DF & Walter Becker were known for being OCD about the mix used on their final versions)
- ALAN PARSON'S PROJECT - (Almost anything done by them as others have noted) "Eye in the Sky" & "Stereotomy")
- KANSAS - "Monolith" (Wide variety of instruments and sounds - sometime in unusual combination and WIDE dynamic range)
- MICHAEL JACKSON - "Thriller" (yeah, it's "Pop" - but it was REALLY well done and still a FUN lighter listening)
- ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA - "Face the Music" & "Out of the Blue"
- ANNIE LENNOX - "Nostalgia" (Ms. Lennox is one of my all-time fave vocalists.)
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Post by Zombie on Dec 13, 2019 14:37:37 GMT -5
There's a bunch of other live albums I like a lot but unfortunately the recording quality is very low. It's too bad because the music itself is really good (IMO). Certainly nothing close to "audiophile" standards but good tunes nonetheless. A few examples...
Queen - Live Killers
UFO - Strangers In The Night
Judas Priest - Unleashed In The East
Ted Nugent - Double Live Gonzo
Bill Withers - Live At Carnegie Hall
Elton John - One Night Only
Fleetwood Mac - The Dance
Journey - Captured
Scorpions - World Wide Live
Triumph - Live At The US Festival
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Post by DYohn on Dec 13, 2019 15:42:31 GMT -5
Also, I am suspicious of any list of top audiophile recordings that does not include something by Steely Dan or Mannheim Steamroller.
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Post by SteveH on Dec 13, 2019 20:56:02 GMT -5
Frampton Comes Alive is one of my favorites. I have the original album accompanied by weed still mashed in the gatefold! He put on a great show back in September. I saw Frampton Live on the "Frampton Comes Alive" tour. It was amazing. Mark I am extremely jealous Mark! Although, I also saw Frampton in 2011 for his 35 Tour. I was able to purchase my concert venue on CDs on the way out of the show. He played other's songs as well, but did an awesome version of Soundgarden's Black Hole Sun. That CD is very personal and I see myself in that seat every time I listen to it!  |
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Post by cheapthryl on Dec 14, 2019 16:35:04 GMT -5
Chris Jones
Roadhouse's and Automobiles
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