gnatnoop Posted October 20, 2010 Share Posted October 20, 2010 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted October 21, 2010 Author Share Posted October 21, 2010 Another surprising disk - by Tom Russell - The Man from God Knows Where. Amazingly clear and present recording of modern folk and Irish-American music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 At the risk of sounding "pedestrian", Allison Krauss will do for female vocals, the Capitol release of the "Very Best of Jethro Tull" for some easy to follow vintage rock, and the "Baddest of George Thorogood and the Delaware Destroyers" for great, crystal clear foot stompin' music. Classical? Der Ring ohne Worte (The Ring) by the Berlin Philharmonic, or Carl Orff's Carmen Burana. [H] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frankphess Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 DVD's for 5.1 Blue Man Group - The Complex Rock Tour Live Bobby Rush - Live at Ground Zero Blues Club Led Zeppelin - DVD North Mississippi All Stars - Keep on Marchin' Rodrigo & Gabriella Norah Jones - Live in New Orleans Dido - Live Santana - Sacred Fire CD's for 2.0 Joe Strummer - Global a Go-Go Natalie Merchant - Motherland Rhythm Country & Blues - Various Artists Fleetwood Mac - Then Play On A3 - Power in the Blood Van Morrison - Live in San Francisco Ray Lamantagne - Trouble Citizen Cope - The Clarence Greenwood Recordings Kermit Ruffins - Barbeque Singers Live Maceo Parker - Life on Planet Groove [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ski Bum Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 Stanton Moore, 'All Kooked Out'. Walloping drum-centric funky N'awlins free jazz, with Skerik and Charlie Hunter as a bonus. All takes were one shot, no over-dubs or production gimmickry. From the same sessions that produced Garage a Trois 'Mysteryfunk', which also rocks yet is completely different. Not many speakers can do those drums properly, but for Klipsch it's a walk in the park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muel Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 This one really leaves little question of where are the deficiencies as well as where a setup excels! In the end, you really need to play some of your favorites too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryC Posted October 21, 2010 Share Posted October 21, 2010 I pretty much have a pitiful unorganized music collection. I have no "go to" reference music as you guys are listing. NONE......I have different TEST CDs. To be clear, I have some of the very same CDs you all mention..............I couldn't tell you where any of them are though. They are on a shelf of CDs somewhere in the haystack. I just play the music I like to listen to regardless of the recording quality. In fact, most of the stuff I listen to is live concerts and festival music that isn't recorded anywhere near as nicely as what's been mentioned in this thread. I'm happy with the sound of all that to death on my MCM Grand setup. Mark,I sympathize! My classical collection is organized in the ONLY way I can remember -- by record label and then alphabetically by composer. It works for me, but NO one else has ever liked this idea! But my "pop" records are scattered -- I only cluster them by performer, haven't tried to alphabetize them, and pop has many, non-memorable record brands. I probably have far fewer non-classical albums than you do, so it's simpler for me. Of course, alphabetizing by title is hopeless. Classical will alphabetize if there's only one composer on a disc, but I have to cluster discs/LPs in a separate section if each has several composers and/or works. I think you have to choose a method that you KNOW will work for you. Do you have a search function on the hard drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Islander Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 What, nobody mentioned Rickie Lee Jones self-titled album from 1979? It sounds great, with lots of multi-layered percussion and a big team of great musicians, all well-recorded. CD and LP are both very good. Stevie Ray Vaughn's Couldn't Stand the Weather is also really good, especially the song Tin Pan Alley. Turn up the volume and your listeners will really take notice. A more obscure LP is A Tale of Two Legs, by Bob's Your Uncle, Sook-Yin Lee's band from the '80s. It has some real "the band is in your room" moments. The Flaming Lips' Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots has some good stuff, especially All We Have is Now, with some low-level vocals that are hard to hear unless your system can really retrieve detail. When I make a change to the system, that's one of the first songs I listen to, since improvements in clarity are easy to pick out. The Buggles The Age of Plastic is another favourite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxEvo8 Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 Diana Krall- Live in Rio (Blu ray) Roger Waters-In the Flesh (DVD) Beastie Boys- License to Ill-Brass Monkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tromprof Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 There are a number of things I like to listen to when I am tweaking the system or trying something new: Anne-Sophie Mutter playing Vivaldi Four Seasons (DG) A somewhat aggressive interpretation that annoys my violinist wife (Half the fun!) but nicely recorded. Philip Glass Koyaanisqatsi (1998 Re-recording) Nice organ and very low vocals at the beginning, I want to hear the Tibetan monks raw vocal cords and the room resonate, also has a large dynamic range. Paul McCartney, Memory Almost Full, the track Gratitude for piano and voice. Pink Floyd, The Wall, disc two There is a lot of small background stuff. Kate Bush, Lionheart, track Oh England... It is fun to listen how well the male vocal harmonies come out. Vangelis, Blade runner soundtrack Just like the score. I am a professional musician and am also lucky enough to have access to very good live recordings of the orchestra I play in. I know what the orchestra sounds like first hand so it is easy to tell if something is changing the color of the instruments so these can be useful as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Chi-town Posted October 22, 2010 Share Posted October 22, 2010 The Rippington's "Live in LA" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djk Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 "I'm curious about the above Flim and the BB's "Tricycle". What are the best tracks on that album" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcmusic Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 I use some of the same disk that everyone else uses but, I also have a disk with a few songs that I chose because of the way they sound on my system. Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted October 23, 2010 Share Posted October 23, 2010 Stevie Ray Vaughn's Couldn't Stand the Weather is also really good, especially the song Tin Pan Alley. Turn up the volume and your listeners will really take notice. [Y][Y][Y] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wardsweb Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 ...About 6 months ago I was GIVEN a giant hard drive with a new computer purchase that has over 30,000 lossless songs of all genres on it. Was this a prepackaged drive or did the place you purchased the computer from put it together? I guess the real question is, can I buy this somewhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Traveler Posted October 25, 2010 Share Posted October 25, 2010 My DVD-Audio Demo Songs: Talking Heads DVD-A: Burnin down the House (remix) Take me to the River, Houses in Motion, T-Rex DVD-A Bang a gong REM DVD-A:E bow the letter, Drive Alice Cooper DVD-A Generation Landslide, I love the dead, Welcome to my Nightmare Steely Dan DVD-A Babylon Sisters, Gaucho, Cousin Dupree, Donald Fagan DVD-A I.G.Y. New Frontier, Morph the cat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrapladm Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I was surprised to not see any Angus and Julia Stone. John Butler, Jaco Pastorious, Stanley Clark live, Enya, Paganini, or Jordi Savall. But the Kunzel 1812 and Steely Dan are great auditioning discs. I have alot as you can see from the artists listed. I usually listen to new speakers for about 5-6 hours. Last set of speakers I bought many years ago before I moved to Australia where the Paradigm Studio 20s. My friend and salesman said they just got the speakers in and I should break them in for them. So like always I through some of my discs in and had fun. Butg now BR DVD audio is out and not I need to update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zigzag2 Posted March 2, 2011 Share Posted March 2, 2011 What a great thread, My choice would be Lyle Lovett 'Joshua judges ruth' Dr. John 'Mercernary' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris A Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 What a great threadI think it is, too. [Y][8] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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