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| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album As I said above, I find Mo-Fi to be hit and miss, and I agree that Analogue Productions is quite consistently very good But, there have been many other labels doing reissues that have been very good too, such as Classic Records and King Records, ... | |
| Speakers that disappear I like the way some omni-directional speakers, like MBL, seem to disappear--the soundfield is completely spread out and there are no hot spots at the edge of the soundfield which correspond with the speakers are located. | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album I don't have that Butterfield Blues Band record, but, if it is on Crystal Clear, I am not surprised that it sounds great. This reminds me of another terrifically well recorded album. Doug Macleod's "Come to Find" album which was originally relea... | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album Greg Brown has written some remarkable lyrics. His “Poet Game” album, particularly the title track, is a great example of his skill. The track about the Kennedy assassination (“Brand New Dodge”) is pretty good too. I have this record on a terri... | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album I know there is a lot of anger over Mo-Fi’s use of digital steps in the making of it’s ultra premium One-Step records. But, many of them are really great sounding so it is not the case that digital ruins recorded music. If you have a chance to a... | |
| Straight tonearms without offset angle Even with a straight arm with no offset angle, the tracking angle error could have been lessened by making the arm longer and not underhung. The reason for this design is not only to minimize skating force, it is designed to be extremely rigid by... | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album Some artists were very much interested in the sound quality of their records, or so it seems, because the sound is consistently good. Lois Armstrong seemed to always have good records. Ry Cooder is another good example. In addition to the Water... | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album Most of the direct-to-disc records I’ve heard—e.g., Sheffield, M&K, Crystal Clear, East Winds—are very good sounding. I don’t known if this is the result of eliminating the tape recording step, or because they were audiophile records that tak... | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album Good call on Groove Note; that is indeed a consistently fine sounding label. I have a few of the Jacintha recordings, but her pacing is way too slow for my taste. I have, and like, the Illinois Jacquet “Birthday Party” album. | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album I love the way Chesky records music. There is a realistic sense of space and the vocalist is not just a tight pinpoint in the space—the vocalist appears to take up some space and has a natural presence. You hear this in The Raven. | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album A few more: Linda Ronstadt/Nelson Riddle: "What's New" Joan Baez: "Farewell Agelina" Joan Baez "Diamonds and Rust" Richard and Linda Thompson "Shoot Out the Lights" Harry Belafonte: "At Carnegie Hall" and "Returns to Carnegie Hall" (the musi... | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album It is hard to justify mentioning a recording that is just acoustic guitar for sound quality (how hard can it be to do the recording), but I will because of the beautiful music AND great sound. The recording is Michael Hedges "Aerial Boundaries." ... | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album I have a seven album Rhino box set of The Doors studio albums and it does sound very good. I am sure a 45 rpm set would be even better. I have the Classic Records box of the complete Led Zeppelin studio albums that is crazy expensive these day... | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album Good call on the "Beyond the Missouri Sky" and "A Meeting By the River." Both are good for sound and content. Water Lily is a label that consistently put out great sounding recordings. I have mentioned several above and would like to add a few ... | |
| Truly Stunning Vinyl Album "Stunning" is a term that can be used to describe both the sound quality and the cover artwork for Rabih Abou-Khalil's "Blue Camel" album. He is an oud player that collaborated with jazz musicians to create this musically very interesting and bea... |