Rage Against The Machine
What's in your CDP tonight? the minority report
I enjoy vinyl and digital (lately, with recent changes, vinyl actually sounds better than digital to me), BUT given what seems an overall preference for analog/vinyl on A'gon, I'm curious what the non-vinyl "1/2" is listening to. I tried to see if this was a previously posted question. Did not seem so.
This evening for me, it's Genesis (definitive edition remaster) "A Trick of the Tail".
This evening for me, it's Genesis (definitive edition remaster) "A Trick of the Tail".
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I've listened to Amused to Death for decades (red book and SACD) and on some amazing systems of friends. In the past couple months I replaced my Emerald Physics KCIIs (with upgrades) with EP 3.4s to which I replaced the crap jumper wires with WireWorld OCC. Amazing as the 3.4s are, my room is ~ 35 x ~ 20 x 12. Front wall is 90% glass; rear wall is 3 sided glass enclosure, plus open up/down stairwell. Even with my EVS dual mono1200, I wasn't achieving the bass to play A2D again. Now, I have 2 old SVS powered subs (Ultra and Plus) sitting in a corner. I decided to plug them back in a couple days ago in preparation to play A2D (SACD), which I did last night. The sound was among the best Ive ever heard it. I was hearing much more 411 than I recollect ever hearing |
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Last night Joan Armatrading "Joan Armatrading" 1990 issue A&M 393 228-2 Stunning album, sounding also like it was done yesterday, nothing does old RedBook like good discrete R2R dac. . Then after that Propaganda "A Secrete Wish" 1985 ZIT 90288-2 another stunner!!! Can’t believe how good RedBook can sound these days, we suffered with it way back. I now believe Philips "perfect sound forever" saying, just took time for it to get played/converted correctly. Cheers George |
Last night Tracy Chapman "Tracy Chapman" 1st and only 1988 release brilliant stunning recording. http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Tracy+Chapman&album=Tracy+Chapman Then Angus & Julia Stone "Down the Way" a little compressed, but simple (voice guitar) so it’s not too confused. http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Angus+%26+Julia+Stone&album=Down+The+Way Cheers George |
Last night was a memory lane night America (America) untouched "original masters version". Wow!!! still holds up well today, very good dynamic swing, plenty of depth and sound stage, and on some tracks very wide soundstage to outside the speakers!! Then after that, the better tracks off Carly King "Tapestry" CD Then the stunning original recording Cat Stevens "Tea for the Tillerman" 1989 CD4280 made by Denon Japan for A&M. After those CD's an a couple of Gin and Tonics under my belt I was out there and back in the 70’s + Then sat down which I watched Alien Covenant which I’ve never seen, and with Covid19 now mutating, this movie kinda spun me out. Cheers George |
Saint-Seans Symphony No.3 "organ" Michael Stern Kanas Symphony Reference Recordings RR-136 magnificent recording like your there in the Heltzberg Hall 7 years ago listen live. Samples https://music.apple.com/bs/album/saint-sa%C3%ABns-symphony-no-3-in-c-minor-organ-symphony/993259233 Cheer George |
"Radar Love" - timeless!Radar Love is my second, to me, the nine and a half minute "Vanilla Queen" is number one on the 1995 version, kills the 2005 version for jump factor. Best sounding one on youtube still sounds crap compared to the 1995 CD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKfETKRJC_M Cheers George |
georgehifi - Great albumn by a great band. Me and fellow audiogon-er, arcam88 are big fans. We both have much of their media. Unfortunately I don’t have any vinyl but I own a lot of their CD’s and tons of their music on my external hard drive. Tonight I’ll spin Tits and Ass and two other of my favorite tracks - "Going to the Run" and of course "Radar Love" - timeless! https://youtu.be/sLOLS6GYbbY N |