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Title: Reference Recordings
Post by: Chuck on April 10, 2005, 01:15:50 PM

Are there any generally agreed upon 'standard' reference CD's? I'm not talking about test tones, but extremely well recorded music.
I'm not sure they are "reference" quailty, but I've always used Donald Fagan's "The Nightfly" and Miles Davis "Kind Of Blue."

Title: Re: Reference Recordings
Post by: bluegrass_brad on April 10, 2005, 02:26:29 PM

Steely Dan....pretty much take your pick.  My personal favs for running through the mains before a show to get base EQ is either "Gaucho" or "Pretzel Logic"

Title: Re: Reference Recordings
Post by: BC on April 10, 2005, 04:32:31 PM

The Delos stuff I have heard with recording engineer John Eargle has been of excellent quality (if you like classical).

For Jazz and Blues I have heard great things about Mapleshade stuff, never personally heard their records though.

http://www.mapleshaderecords.com/index.php

DMP and Telarc also put out some superbly recorded material.


Take care!
Ben

Title: Re: Reference Recordings
Post by: BobW on April 11, 2005, 07:48:50 PM

I am listening to "Festival", a John Atkinson recording under the Stereophile Magazine disc series.
 It is Aaron Copeland (amazing US composer) recorded with B&K 4006s.
Beautiful recording, great soundstage, not a shabby test recording, but for the low background noise from either air-handlers or older dithering method. It has recently joined my short list of favorite test CDs.
I like Buena Vista Social Club, Pink Floyd's DSOTM, Steely Dan's Aja, and, of course, a few of my own pulls which include Bela Fleck, some acoustic string stuff, and SCI.

There was a thread for a TS reference disc, but I don't know if it ever bore fruit.

Title: Re: Reference Recordings
Post by: leegeddy on April 11, 2005, 07:50:42 PM

check out Chesky and Telarc Records. they make some friggin' good recordings.

marc

Title: Re: Reference Recordings
Post by: Chuck on April 11, 2005, 08:30:11 PM

OK, this is what my research has yeilded, so far...

Digital Domain - Bob Katz
http://www.digido.com/portal/pmodule_id=11/pmdmode=fullscreen/pageadder_page_id=93/

GutWire Audio Cables
http://www.gutwire.com/music.htm

HiFi on WWW
http://www.robertshifi.com/rec/

SoundStage!
http://www.soundstage.com/referencediscs/referencediscs.htm

Whisperwood Recording Studios - Richard Cleaver
http://www.richardcleaver.com/?p=71


a lot of good reading...
Maybe this is archive worthy?

Title: Re: Reference Recordings
Post by: pfife on April 11, 2005, 11:17:04 PM

DSOTM

Title: Re: Reference Recordings
Post by: cheshirecat on April 15, 2005, 01:08:31 PM

Widespread's Ball always sounds impressive on my system.

Title: Re: Reference Recordings
Post by: dnsacks on April 15, 2005, 01:29:38 PM

Bela Fleck's Tales from the Acoustic Planet is (imho) beautifully recorded.

Title: Re: Reference Recordings
Post by: BobW on April 15, 2005, 10:12:11 PM

Quote from: dnsacks on April 15, 2005, 01:29:38 PM

Bela Fleck's Tales from the Acoustic Planet is (imho) beautifully recorded.

+T  100% agreed on both AP discs, APII is also out on DVD-A, I think.

Title: Re: Reference Recordings
Post by: BCostigan on April 15, 2005, 10:17:44 PM

Workingman's Dead (plain ol redbook so far) and Eat a Peach(sacd)  sound really nice for me.  Track 9 from Eat a Peach, Little Martha, sounds outa this world.