High quality CD recordings


Over the last 55+ years I've spent significant time and effort trying, as we all do, to get the best sound from our systems as practicable. I'm quite happy with my current setup so the weakest link many times is the quality of recordings themselves.

I was reminded of this while using a test CD that I've used off and on for about 15 years to evaluate some recent changes I made. On this CD, after the more technical part of frequency testing is ended, examples of various instrumental and vocal presentations are given. While listening I was reminded of just how significant a difference in recordings themselves can make.

I've used advice given on these forums regarding superior recordings but these have been recommendations for specific single CD's like, for example, "Jazz at the Pawnshop" and many more. What I'm looking for, though, are recording entities that are dedicated to producing high quality recordings across the spectrum of music genres. It would be nice to have a source of recordings that we could generally depend on for good quality. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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I've found that albums that have been remastered for high resolution formats sound better. That is, the benefit of the remastering is very much present in the 16 bit 44 kHz recording. Now this won't make a poorly recorded album sound great but it can result in significant improvement.
A great CD is often the work of a great recording engineer. Please check out the 'Tears' album of the Chieftains. I think this is one of the best recorded album's of all time.
Ok, I already received several of the CDs that I ordered based on these recommendations. Listening convinced me, once and for all, that assessment of and adjustments to one's equipment needs to begin with recordings that can be relied on for quality. I, for one, will pay more attention to recording entities when buying CDs in the future. What took me so long, you ask.