High quality CDs


Where can I find CDs with high quality recording, specifically classical.. More than 50% of the CDs that I buy with classical music, sounds so anemic and noisy when you crank up. Any suggestions will be really helpful. I prefer physical format over streaming.. 

rman9

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@tomcy6 this is awesome!! I was getting tired of finding any decent ones at my neighborhood Everyday Music store.. 

My current preamp is a Mcintosh C53 with 8 band equalizer, and that doesn't help. However, I am soon replacing the C53 with a Luxman C900U in June. The demo of the C900U at home considerably improved the CDs but would like to explore really good recording.. 

@spenav will any CD player like the Luxman D03X be able to play an XRCD? I have an older Rotel CD player that plays HDCD.. Do I need a special decoding player?

@nonoise I feel like I had been living under the rocks.. All these great options.. I am struggling to curb my itch to move from the D03X to D10X.. I need intervention..

@mapman this is the gear.. Luxman D03X, Mcintosh MC53(soon to be replaced with Luxman C900U) and Luxman M10X, through Magico A3's.. The good CD's sound like I am in a cathedral or a symphony hall with beautiful acoustics.. Here are some of the names that I find really terrible.. Duetsche Grammophon, Teldec, Hyperion, Musea, Sony Legacy, EMI, London.. I am also hearing that a good system is unforgiving of bad recording.. So not sure what to think..

DECCA sounds great.. 

@bdp24 thank you so much.. There is a huge selection of classical music at Harmonia Mundi.. Can't tell you enough how elated I am.. Thank you :)

@immatthewj thank you!! I forgot to mention the Luxman D03X that I have for CDs does not support SACDs, but it does play MQA CDs.. I just read, MFSL doesn't produce redbook CDs anymore :(

Have to keep looking..

Thank you all so much!!! I had no clue, I had so many choices.. This is awesome!!