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Chris Isaak - Baja Sessions CD. Sounds better than it should.

I'm always in search of well recorded CDs and someone here on Audiogon recommended Chris Isaak's Baja Sessions. I'm an Isaak fan so I found one on eBay for about $5.

It arrived today and I popped it into the Oppo and it sounds really good. "Loudness" levels sound on par with other well recorded and mastered CDs that I have. (Hi res streaming version also sounds fantastic.) I'm very sensitive to DR that is over compressed and can usually tell immediately if a piece is highly DR compressed. Out of curiosity I checked this CD on the DR Database and while it is not way over compressed it is in that 9-10 range that usually gives only marginal SQ.

All I can say is that it sounds great and DR isn't the only measure of SQ.
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roxy54
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Beck, (one of my favorites) is another artist who makes good sounding recordings. No, they don’t sound "natural" because there are a lot of effects, but his voice usually sounds close up and intimate, and the stage is large and wide.
Morning Phase is great, so is Sea Change and Mutations.
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I'm also an avid fan, I've seen him live six times, and have all of his CDs. In my opinion, all of his recordings are lovingly made, and should be an example to other artists. 
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