[Marc Henshall]

Hey folks. What are some of the best-sounding records in your collection? Perhaps it’s a particular pressing of a favorite album or just a record where you think the production is top-notch.

Let’s get a discussion going; it may inspire some other members to pick up their own copy or discover something new!

[Djjf572]

In jazz: So What-Miles Davis UHQR
In prog:Crime of the century-Supertramp Audiophile series A&M
In classical: Requiem- W.A. Mozart Dunedin Consort-John Butt
In ambient-neo classical:Inscape-Alexandra Stréliski
In pop:Aja-Steely Dan UHQR

[Marc Henshall]

Nice! I need to get my hands on some more Analogue Productions releases. The Miles Davis “Kind of Blue”, for example, I’d love to have a copy of.

[ashor]

I have a handful of Beck albums in my (relatively modest) collection and all sound amazing.
Of particular note are “Morning Phase” and the sublime (double vinyl) “Sea Change”.
For those not familiar with these releases, they are both a lot quieter than other Beck albums, with largely acoustic and orchestral content, accompanied by beautiful, heartachingly-personal lyrics.
They are later pressings, flat as a pancake and utterly devoid of a single pop or crackle throughout their entire length – the quality has to be heard to be believed.
The fact they came housed in lined paper inners has kept them that way with virtually no static.
I suspect this quality is something Mr Hansen personally insisted upon and it’s a terrific shame that this standard isn’t replicated across the the industry.

[Djjf572]

Ashor,

Same here with Morning Phase:completely missed out that LP and when I got it the surprise was total in terms of sound..A must have for Beck but

[Djjf572]

Ashor,

Same here with Morning Phase:completely missed out that LP and when I got it the surprise was total in terms of sound..A must have for Beck but also four sound testing!

Jean-François

• This reply was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by Djjf572.

[Marc Henshall]

Sounds Good, Ashor. Considering the quality of many reissues, it sounds like these are well-managed! Enjoy

[GhosteenInTheCave21]

I don’t have many LPs in my collection yet. I have two box sets and approximately fifty albums, but my Bowie reissues sound fantastic, considering they aren’t special audiophile pressings. If I am correct, my Ziggy Stardust reissue is AAA, which probably helps matters. As for LPs released by contemporaries, I find those to be very hit-and-miss, but my VMP pressing of St Vincent’s latest project does sound superb.

[beachboy1965]

Dire Straits Brother In Arms, original pressing, Daft Punk Random Access Memories, Cat Stevens Tea For The Tillerman, Teaser And The Firecat, Mona Bone Jakon all very good too!

[Marc Henshall]

@ghosteeninthecave21 – Cool. Welcome to the hobby. The VMP stuff does tend to be well-mastered 🙂

[Marc Henshall]

@beachboy1965 – thanks for sharing. Dire Straits is an interesting one. It was the first DDD release on CD I believe.

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