The best sounding (produced/mastered) tracks/albums

[Funk]

Obviously go look all my suggestions up on the high-def streaming service of your preference; Youtube mangles audio quality on the whole.

Also in case it was overlooked in my initial recommendation post, this is just utterly gorgeous:

Edited by Funk on Monday 13th March 02:18

[NDA]

RSTurboPaul said:

NDA said:

I will give Interstellar a go later on - when the house wakes up!

I've been playing with HouseCurve a room correction app which can be used with Roon - I've had good results.

Let me know what you think!

I did listen - and it's lined up to have another go. Bad tinnitus yesterday (it varies in intensity) prevented me from enjoying it....

Just as an aside... I don't really love the whole track to be honest, but the opening of 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon is worth a go. Steve Gadd on drums, superbly recorded.

[RSTurboPaul]

Ooh, I forgot - Lux by Voces8 is great for choral tracks with a modern twist and is very nicely produced.

[RSTurboPaul]

NDA said:

I did listen - and it's lined up to have another go. Bad tinnitus yesterday (it varies in intensity) prevented me from enjoying it....
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I can sympathise on the tinnitus front - one's ever-present friend, whether one likes it or not, with varying degrees of annoyance factor... lol

[Snoggledog]

Slightly off topic but I was once lucky enough to have the opportunity to try a pair of STAX headphones. The shop chucked on the STAX demo cd and just let it run. A lady walking across a wooden floor wearing heels, walked towards me from the left and passed through me to the right. Utterly unbelievable.

[StescoG66]

Just back after the Oslo HiFi show at the weekend.

Take a listen to The Sound Of Silence by the Ghost Of Johnny Cash.....

[Unwize]

Human nature by MJ sounds great on Qobuz as do a lot of his other hits

[thebraketester]

Unwize said:

Human nature by MJ sounds great on Qobuz as do a lot of his other hits

Is there anything from his back catalogue that is poorly mixed/produced? I can’t think of any.

[Byronwww]

thebraketester said:

Unwize said:

Human nature by MJ sounds great on Qobuz as do a lot of his other hits

Is there anything from his back catalogue that is poorly mixed/produced? I can’t think of any.

Too bad he is a nonce

[StescoG66]

Byronwww said:

Too bad he is a nonce

Was........ allegedly

[NDA]

StescoG66 said:

Just back after the Oslo HiFi show at the weekend.

Take a listen to The Sound Of Silence by the Ghost Of Johnny Cash.....

The acoustic version? Johnny sounds pretty close to the listener!

Have you tried Fink and Trouble's What You're In? It's on a live album - very good.

[Funk]

NDA said:

Have you tried Fink and Trouble's What You're In? It's on a live album - very good.

From the album 'Wheels Turn Beneath My Feet' (2012)? An excellent suggestion if so.

[StescoG66]

NDA said:

The acoustic version? Johnny sounds pretty close to the listener!

Have you tried Fink and Trouble's What You're In? It's on a live album - very good.

Sure have. We used it there. Great track

[legzr1]

Funk said:

NDA said:

Have you tried Fink and Trouble's What You're In? It's on a live album - very good.

From the album 'Wheels Turn Beneath My Feet' (2012)? An excellent suggestion if so.

It is a great sounding album.

Perfect Darkness is a great sounding studio album from them too - a few of the tracks appear on Wheels Turn.

[MC Bodge]

"The Colour of Spring" album by Talk Talk has always sounded good to me.

[MC Bodge]

I have probably been a bit dismissive of Dire Straits as "Dad Rock of the 1980s" , but I've just listened to the full version of Telegraph Road.

It's rather good.

[StescoG66]

MC Bodge said:

I have probably been a bit dismissive of Dire Straits as "Dad Rock of the 1980s" , but I've just listened to the full version of Telegraph Road.
It's rather good.

Brilliant track

[MC Bodge]

A Forest by The Cure was played at the end of "The Gold" .

It sounded really good.

[NDA]

MC Bodge said:

"The Colour of Spring" album by Talk Talk has always sounded good to me.

Oooh! Nice.... I don't know this album, just listening to the first track now. Very well recorded and sounding good on 96/24.

[Renswan]

If you like that one, try “Laughing Stock”, also by Talk Talk …. It’s a fantastic sounding album ..!