Great Recordings, Sonically Speaking - and Why.


I think many of us would accept that artists such as Pink Floyd, Steely Dan, and Dire Straits have consistently put out music that was at least originally recorded to a high technical standard. [I'm not too sure what the loudness wars may have done to subsequent reissues, but even so, the tone and timbre thankfully tends to remain intact.]

However there must be plenty of lesser known recordings out there that could be said to be of a high sonic standard.

One such recording that I like to put on in the background whilst I'm doing other things is a piano recording that features wonderfully lush timbre and some delightful tunes.

This one is The Disney Piano Collection by Hirohashi Makiko and to me it makes a lot of other piano recordings sound a little washed out.
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I have tick skin so if I get beat up for stating the obvious I can handle it.  It does not matter how much I spend on a piece of new gear or a tweak, the single biggest contribution to my listening pleasure is the quality of the recording.  Why were so many poor quality LP’s and CD’s produced?  Maybe it was the low opinion record companies had for their customers … I don’t know.

I have heard a couple of the new PS Audio Octave records releases and have to say they are really well done.  Pity they don’t release on Vinyl as well.
I have enjoyed Hugh Masakeka Hope.  Great live recording.  Really puts your system through its paces