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music with clear placement of the instruments.

I love recordings of the 50'and 60'. One reason being that they had a very clear placement of the instruments in the stereo field.
That is quiet hard to find nowadays even with audiophile productions.

Sound Liaison http://www.soundliaison.com/ with their hi-res downloads are very good in that respect, very clear and defined sound stage.
Reference Recordings same kind of quality and placement,
http://www.referencerecordings.com/
but with my other favorites, ECM, Blue Coast, Linn, to name a few, it is a bit of hit and miss.
Here is a you tube link with an example of the type of placement I prefer; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u35c-p-tSqU
or this one which is a bit more extreme;https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ak6Ca37crr0&list=PLFDE4E422757F76BF

Suggestions please. (if possible with a link to homepage or youtube example.
milan60

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mapman
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"A bit off-topic, but when you go to a live concert, and close your eyes, do you hear a very clear placement of the instruments?"

IF a good venue, production and good seats, I hear a soundstage consistent with the perspective from my location, meaning I can focus on any of multiple things going on in different locations at any time.

Perspective changes with location and affects what we hear with our two ears in much the same way as what we see with our two eyes. That's why God gave us two of each!!!!
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More modern CD labels that tend to record simply for clear and accurate placement of instruments are Dorian and Mapleshade.

I second Low's assessment. Sometimes, under ideal circumstances at home, the bar can be pushed further to where more individual instruments in an orchestra or individual voices in a chorus can be triangulated upon and located.
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