whats the finest recorded cd you've heard?

THere are many that are top notch but here are a few that come to mind

Jazz - "Classic Concert Live" - Mel Torme, recorded live in Carnegie Hall, I believe. I read once that OHM speakers are voiced to sound like a performance in Carnegie Hall. Maybe that's part of why this recording sounds so life like. I suspect the miking and other factors have something to do with it also.

Pop/Rock - "Blue Moon Swamp" - John Fogerty, comes to mind

Classical - many titles on the "Mercury Living Presence" label

Tvad,

I had never heard that one before either.

I read that somewhere on an Internet blog. Don't know if its true or not.

THe poster related this as part of a conversation with John Strohbeen and indicated that he (Strohbeen) was a regular attendee at Carnegie Hall and it was an influential reference point for how he wanted his speakers to sound.

I go to NY a couple of times a year and stay at a hotel less than 1 block from Carnegie Hall. I hate to admit I have never been inside for an event though. I'll have to make it happen next time and see what it sounds like.....

Tvad,

I found the link with the OHM/Carnegie Hall reference:

http://tmallin.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!2E9B8218A1747C9D!1233.entry

"Anyone can write anything on a blog. It doesn't make it true."

That IS true.

The Torme Classic Concert recording is a special one for sure though on the OHMs.em

At the very end of one tune, "Round Midnite", I think, Torme hits an extended high note that just seems to resonate throughout my big L shaped room room like nothing else I have ever heard on my system. The first time I heard it it startled me and I thought there was somebody actually above and behind me screaming. I seldom hear music coming from behind me with my setup in that particular room. Its an almost out of body listening experience.

Makes me wonder.......