Nick Mason, “Live At The Roundhouse” 2 CD set plus DVD
I am continually amazed at how great this live recording sounds. In fact, it sounds much better than any of Pink Floyd’s early music. |
Tool, Fear Innoculum
Finally played at the volume it deserves, WOW!
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PF, DSOTM. SACD
Roger Waters, Amused To Death. SACD
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@ozzy
the narrative sets up the tone and theme of the album. Starting with the second song (What God Wants) you will hopefully enjoy it. My favorite song is “The Bravery Of Being Out Of Range”. If you listen carefully, there is a lot to hear. Just play the entire disk at a moderate volume, it will grow on you as it did to me.
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Nirvana, “Nirvana” CD
PF, “DSOTM” SACD Newest release
For the first time in a few months, my wife was out of the house for a few hours (we are both retired) I played the new DSOTM at a loud volume and I was transported back to when I was 19. When I played “On The Run”, the pressure in the living room was immense and Clair Torry’s voice on “The Great Gig In The Sky” which incidentally will be played at my funeral when that sad day comes, brought tears to my eyes. This music has stood the test of time and I feel giddy every time I play it. Isn’t this what our hobby is really about?
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Listening to FM Stereo today on the mighty McIntosh MR88 tuner.
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Santana, “Abraxes” MFSL CD
The Cars, “The Cars” Vinyl
PF, “DSOTM” SACD
Guns N Roses, “ Appetite For Destruction” Vinyl
The MC5, “Kick Out The Jams” Vinyl
Traffic, “The Low Spark Of High Heeled Boys” Vinyl
Traffic, “John Barleycorn Must Die” Vinyl
Led Zeppelin, “Led Zeppelin I” Vinyl
Deep Purple, “Machine Head” Vinyl
A day and a half worth of listening.
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Miles Davis, “Kind Of Blue” MFSL SACD
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Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes, “Live At The Greek”
The Mamas & The Papas, “16 Greatest Hits”
The MC-5, “Kick Out The Jams” |
Live, “Throwing Copper” CD
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Uriah Heep, “The Magicians Birthday” |
The Smashing Pumpkins “Siamese Dreams 2011 Deluxe Edition”
In my opinion, their best album. Everything else they did can’t match this. |
I was going through my SACD collection and came across an unopened SACD of a MOFI version of “Kind of Blue”, serial# 00231.
The sound is clean, clean, clean! I played this on the main rig with the volume control set at 50 which is the highest I have ever had it.
We all know how excellent the music is but the absence of any noise or hiss and the extended dynamic range made this a truly special experience. At one point my non audiophile wife said it sounds like they are playing in our living room! I couldn’t have said it any better. |
Pink Floyd, “DSOTM” SACD
Pink Floyd, “WYWH” Acoustic Sounds SACD
Nick Mason, “ Live At The Roundhouse” Two CD’s
For the last two months, I have really not been listening to my main system. I have it on everyday for 5 hours or so, but I was strictly listening to FM Stereo, sitting in my recliner (the one I watch TV with) which is off to the side of my right speaker. I have been listening? while reading and dozing. It was no more than background noise.
Today I decided to get out of lazy mode and sat in the sweet spot for almost five hours and appreciating my carefully put together system for how great the music sounded and to the effortlessness of the music flowing. My speakers are rated at 93.5 DB sensitivity and although they are not efficient enough for MC, but with 300 watts per channel of McIntosh muscle behind them, filled my room with truly thrilling sound. I am happy to say I broke out of my funk and am back to enjoying my system the way it should be.
As my hearing has deteriorated and have a few new cars worth of equipment, I won’t be upgrading any longer. I have painfully come to this conclusion over the past year or so. I am happy enough to have the system I have and will now just enjoy. I am a bit sad that I won’t have any new toys to unbox and play with and we all know what I am talking about, that thrill over unboxing and anticipating a new piece of gear. For myself, sometimes that experience is even better than sex!
My long term plans are to enjoy what I have and to look for newer music to enjoy. After all, how many times can one listen to Floyd, Yes, Tull and all the rest over and over and over and over again?
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The Who, “Tommy”
Yes, “Close To The Edge” |
I decided this Holiday weekend would be all Pink Floyd, including the albums I haven’t listened to in at least 10 years or so. Over the 3 day weekend, I have listened to the following in no particular order. I actually started this last Tuesday, a full 7 days of Floyd and solo records:
The Piper At The Gates of Dawn, mono vinyl
A Saucerful Of Secrets, vinyl
Atom Heart Mother, MoFi CD
Umagumma, second CD Disk 2
Meddle, MoFi CD
Obscured By Clouds, vinyl
DSOTM, MoFi vinyl
DSOTM, SACD
Wish You Were Here, Sony Legacy CD
Wish You Were Here, Acoustic Sounds SACD
Animals, vinyl
The Wall, MoFi Double CD
Is There Anybody Out There (The Wall Live), Double CD
The Final Cut, Vinyl
A Momentary Lapse Of Reason, vinyl
The Division Bell, vinyl
The Endless River, double vinyl
ALSO
David Gilmour, On An Island, CD
David Gilmour, Live In Gdańsk, triple CD
Roger Waters, Amused To Death, SACD
Roger Waters, The Pro’s and Cons Of Hitchhiking, vinyl
Roger Waters, Radio KAOS, vinyl
Richard Wright, Wet Dreams, CD
Richard Wright, Broken China, CD
Nick Mason, Live At The Roundhouse, double CD
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I skipped Roger Waters Presents The Wall Live, PF-A Foot In The Door, Great Collection Of Dance Songs, More, Works, Delicate Sound Of Thunder and Pulse. I am totally exhausted! |
Focus, “Moving Waves” Vinyl. What a blast from the past!
The Doors, “The Doors” DCC CD
The Cars, “Heartbeat City” MFSL SACD
Pink Floyd, “DSOTM” Analog Productions SACD. This is the one to get. I have over 20 different versions of this recording and this latest remixed record is by far, the absolute best sound. On all the other recordings of “Money” there is a part that sounds etched and distorted on every other recording, but not on this one! Just pure perfection. At the end of “On The Run”, just before the chimes of the clocks from “Time”, you can now hear very distinctly the persons footsteps as he runs from one speaker to the other. It now sounds he ran across the room and it is no longer hard to hear in the mix. There are many other examples of this on the recording and all is brought out to true life.
Even if you have as many versions of this record as I have, you really need to get this one, it is that good! The sound is supposed to be even better in the 5.1 mis which is also on the SACD but I only do 2 channel stereo so I can’t comment on it. |
@jafant
I listen to it 2 channel as I do not have a surround system. It’s amazing |
@julie_priestI use Golden Ear Triton Reference speakers. I would think any decent system would allow you to hear it. |
Flim and the BB’s, “Tricycle”
Flim And The BB’s, “Tunnel”
Nick Mason, “Live At The Roundhouse” |
Tool, "Fear Inoculum"
Black Sabbath, "Paranoid". SHM SACD
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Godsmack, Godsmack
Candlebox, Candlebox Both CD
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J. Geils Band, “Live, Full House” Vinyl
Santana, “Santana” MFSL Vinyl
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Talking Heads, “Sand In The Vasoline”
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Pink Floyd, “WYWH”. Acoustic Sounds SACD
Nick Mason, “Live At The Roundhouse”. CD
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Tom Petty, “Wildflowers”. CD
Nirvana, “Incestiside”. CD
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Jeff Beck, “Blow by Blow”
Yes, “Close To The Edge”. Both digital
Yes, “Fragile” MSFL. Vinyl
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The Who, “Live At Leeds” Deluxe Edition CD
John Entwistle’s bass guitar on Magic Bus truly rattled my stomach.
Twisted Sister, “Stay Hungry”. MFSL Vinyl
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CCR, “Cosmos Factory”
One of my favorite albums when in High School.
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Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers “Damn The Torpedos”. MFSL CD
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Pink Floyd, “The Final Cut” CD My least favorite PF album, should have been a Waters solo album.
Stanley Jordan, “Flying Home” CD
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Out of respect for Kim Simmonds (Savoy Brown) passing, I am playing both Savoy Brown and Kim’s solo efforts today.
The Playlist:
Savoy Brown, “Looking In”, “Raw Sienna”, “Blue Matter”, “Witchy Feeling”, “Street Corner Talking”, & “Hellbound Train”
Kim Simmonds Solo, “The Devil To Pay” & “Going To The Delta”
Currently listening to “Witchy Feeling”. Four down and four more to go!
Merry Christmas all!
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I just finished playing the SACD of Animals that Santa brought me today.
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Humble Pie, “Rocking The Fillmore”. LP
The J. Geils Band, “Live, Full House”. LP. One of my absolute favorite LP.
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Yes, “Close To The Edge”. LP
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Jethro Tull, “This Was”. LP
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Yes, “Fragile” MFSL CD
Pink Floyd “The Wall” HD Tracks 24/96
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CSN&Y, “Deja Vu”
The Doors, “The Doors”
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Guns N’ Roses, “Appetite For Destruction” MFSL CD
Nine Inch Nails, “The Downward Spiral”
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The Allman Brothers Band, “Live At Fillmore East” Deluxe Edition
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Red Hot Chili Peppers, “Greatest Hits”
Aerosmith, “Get Your Wings”h
Alice Cooper, “Love It To Death”. (Audio Fidelity CD). The “Ballad Of Dwight Fry” gets me every time.
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Janis Joplin, Greatest Hits
The MC5, Kick Out The Jams
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Richard Wright, Wet Dream
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Tool, Fear Innoculum
CS&N, Crosby, Stills and Nash
CSN&Y, Deja Vu
David Crosby, Croz.
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Woodstock I, CD 1 & CD2. MFSL
Woodstock II. CD 1 & CD 2. MFSL
Green Day, Dookie CD
The Doors, The Doors. DCC Gold CD
Godsmack, Godsmack. CD
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Nick Mason, Live At The Roundhouse
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Extreme, “SIX” CD. Don’t waste your $$$. I loved Extreme, especially “3 Sides To Every Story”, but this……Horrible. Sorry I wasted the money.
Roger Waters, “DSOTM Redux.” Let me save you time and money, biggest pile of dog crap! What Roger did to this masterpiece is pure blasphemy. No wonder I can’t stand Waters anymore.
Pink Floyd, “WYWH”. Sony Legacy CD. Super Bit Mapping. Still like it better than the Acoustic Sounds SACD. Back in 1993, I paid $50.00 for this at Tower Records in the Boston area.
Roger Waters, “Amused To Death. Acoustic Sounds SACD. Waters best solo album, truly a masterpiece. To be clear, I no longer care for Roger Waters with his stance on the Middle East. He should have STFU, I would have respected him more. As it is, I have absolutely no respect for him any longer, he is a tool of Putin and no better than the MAGA’s he so despises.
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Legacy Audio, “Legacy Music Sampler III.” This is my go to for auditioning equipment. It will truly make your system shine if it’s up to the task. I got it free at RMAF 2017.
Nick Mason, “Live At The Roundhouse CD1&CD2.” I just love this live recording of all the early Pink Floyd music. Extremely well recorded and the bass is truly thunderous! A must listen.
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Over the past few days, I have played:
Flim & The BB’s, “Tricycle”
Creedence Clearwater Revival, “Pendulum”
The Guess Who, “American Woman” extended version
The Talking Heads, “Sand In The Vaseline” Disk 1
Savoy Brown. “Live At The Intersection”
Jethro Tull, Minstrel In The Gallery”. IMO, the last good Tull album
The Who, “Live At Leeds” Extended Version
Alice Cooper, “Love It To Death”
Alice Cooper, “Killer”
Alice Cooper, “Schools Out”
Temple Of The Dog, “Temple Of The Dog”
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, “4 Way Street”
David Crosby, “If I Only Could Remember My Name”
Ratt, “Out Of The Cellar”
Joni Mitchell, “Blue”
Jeff Beck, “Wired”
Jeff Beck, “Blow By Blow
I am truly exhausted now!
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