My 20 Best Sounding Albums (all formats)

[Pau]

I guess it is a very mild form of compression that sounds pleasing to the ear.
I do not hear any hiss though....

Originally Posted by Weirdcuba

Wow - I'll have to listen for that. Tape hiss from something pretending to be tape!

For the life of me, I'm not able to get dsd to play out of my bryston bdp-2 and my c-2500. It's making me nuts. Thinking about ditching this portion of the rig so that I can get dsd reliably.

I'm going to flip on Little Blue right now and see if I can hear it.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V634_CuB9hM"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V634_CuB9hM[/ame]

[Pau]

on the other hand, at my age there is always some kind of hiss whether listening to music or not

[Pau]

Originally Posted by Weirdcuba

Great album. Pretty quiet, but interesting. I definitely have to be in the mood and have a quiet household - it's not something you put on when you're washing dishes. Like all of the sl stuff though, awesome recording.

Listening to Bach Reflections from sl as we speak.

No for a Sound Liaison recording with more of a beat the ''Torn '' download is the one to go for;

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O93nhSNHm60"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O93nhSNHm60[/ame]

[jmw31]

Originally Posted by audio bill

I agree, and not only is it an exceptional recording but the music is very engaging and enjoyable! That's unfortunately too rare a combination - more often some of the best recordings are of questionable musical content.

While I love a great sounding recording as much as the next person I find it interesting there is so little reference to the music itself. For me listening to great music comes before great recordings. Nirvana is where they both intersect.

[cma29]

Originally Posted by jmw31

While I love a great sounding recording as much as the next person I find it interesting there is so little reference to the music itself. For me listening to great music comes before great recordings. Nirvana is where they both intersect.

Agreed. My contribution to the thread of top 20 classical recordings included the criteria great music + compelling interpretation + excellent sound. The total package.

[Pau]

Me too. I only listen to music I like. And I listen to lots of badly recorded but well played music as well.
Just today I listened to;
Miles [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnGHVBa9Tzo"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnGHVBa9Tzo[/ame]

and Robert Johnson [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_qNwek7n5g"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_qNwek7n5g[/ame]

[Pau]

Originally Posted by Weirdcuba

Great album. Pretty quiet, but interesting. I definitely have to be in the mood and have a quiet household - it's not something you put on when you're washing dishes. Like all of the sl stuff though, awesome recording.

Listening to Bach Reflections from sl as we speak.

Yes you do not see that album mentioned too often, maybe it is too difficult to label the music, but it is very worthwhile.

[Pau]

Talking about DAC's, interesting Blindfold Dac comparison test;Stereomojo 6 DAC Shootout Round 2

Originally Posted by Pau

It says on the site that the ''one to one copy of the master file'' (Sound Liaisons old slogan) is the PCM file, so that is the one I got.
Interestingly it also says that the DSD transfer was done with, let me qoute; Sound Liaison Music Shop

Those dCS DACs cost something like 35.000$ maybe that explain the extra cost of the DSD.
But anyway I personally buy native when possible.

[Weirdcuba]

Check this out from PS Audio. First recording I've heard that rivals the SQ of the Sound Liaison work:

[Gravity1]

When I did the 802 D2 & 802 D3 comparison at the dealer they handed me a nice tracklist available to request for the demo. I carefully scanned a fantastic selection of classical, jazz and rock but buried next to the bottom of the list was this above. I paused...skipped it and went back to my search...paused again and said...."Paris....Really?" He smiled and said "we threw that in there to see if people are paying attention. "

Thought I'd return the favor here.