Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The return of the Super LP List
> > Arnold: English, Scottish, & Cornish Dances. Lyrita SRCS-109 > Brahms/Debussy/Bartók: Sonatas/Abel, Steinberg. Wilson Audiophile > W-8722* > Gerhard: The Plague. Decca Head 6 > Gershwin: Porgy & Bess complete/Maazel. Decca SET 609-11* > Herold-Lanchbery: La Fille Mal Gardée. Decca/ORG 0109-45 (45rpm)* > Hi-Fi a la Española. Mercury/Classic SR-90144* > Holst: The Planets/Mehta, LA. Decca/ORG 122-45 (45rpm)* > Prokofiev: Scythian Suite. Mercury/ORG 118-45 (45rpm)* > Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3. Mercury/Speakers Corner > SR-90283* > Ravel: La Valse/Paray. Mercury/Classic SR-90313* > Respighi: Feste Romane/Maazel. Decca SXL-6822 > Stravinsky: The Firebird/Dorati. Mercury/Classic SR-90226* > Widor: Symphony No. 6, Allegro. Mercury SR-90169 > Some great recordings here, though a few are are not to my taste. I see no reason not to seek out the CD transfers (I think all of these made it to CD, except maybe the obscure Wilson Audiophile recording?) Many of the classic Mercury recordings have been collected together in cheap CD box sets. I think most of the Lyrita catalog made it to CD, and many of those recordings were made by Ken Wilkinson. Some of the best sounding stereo recordings ever made. Assuming a work, performance or recording is bad just because TAS recommends it is pretty silly. Daverz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32335 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105731 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The return of the Super LP List
pablolie wrote: > As to Casino Royale... wow. Sadly missing is this memorable song sure > to test your entire chain > https://youtu.be/dP9Wp6QVbsk I see it also comes in a ten-hour version, if you really want to give your system a workout! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBGpjJ7QQYs ftlight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5294 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105731 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The return of the Super LP List
Curious - does anyone in here firmly believe vinyl LPs sound better than CDs or a high quality digitized version of the LP at 16/44? For the record, I have an LP player. I like quaint, traditional aspects of the ritual of playing vinyl (or these days, for that matter, CDs - because in my main rig as a rule I don't have either a vinyl or CD player anymore), but as to sound quality... nah. And anyone that argues about the importance of 120db dynamic range in playing hirez digital stuff, but then claims vinyl sounds better, probably needs some prescription for bipolar disorder. :-D As to Casino Royale... wow. Sadly missing is this memorable song sure to test your entire chain https://youtu.be/dP9Wp6QVbsk ...pablo Server: Virtual Machine (on VMware Workstation 12) running Ubuntu 16.04 + LMS 7.9 System: SB Touch --optical->- Benchmark DAC2HGC --AnalysisPlus Oval Copper XLR->- NAD M22 Power Amp --AnalysisPlus Black Mesh Oval->- Totem Element Fire Other Rooms: 2x SB Boom; 1x SB Radio; 1x SB Classic-> NAD D7050 -> Totem DreamCatcher + Velodyne Minivee Sub Computer audio: workstation --USB->- audioengine D1 -> Grado PS500e/Shure 1540 pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105731 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The return of the Super LP List
So what's your problem with this entry: Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon. EMI Harvest SHVL-804 I have to admit, I couldn't care less about the rest... There are 10 kinds of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't. servies's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9496 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105731 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The return of the Super LP List
the Mehta Planets is quite good too, assuming one likes The Planets of course. -- 4 TB Drobo-->FW 800-->mac mini-->Ethernet Transporter--> Wireworld Eclipse 6 coax-->Meridian G61 G61--> Nordost Red Dawn-->Primare 30.3 Primare-->Ocos--Vienna Acoustics Beethoven/Maestro netchord's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21002 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105731 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The return of the Super LP List
To be fair, I have that Rachmaninoff Piano 3 and it is an exceptional performance. Byron Janis playing with the London Symphony Orchestra under Antal Dorati recorded in 1961. [image: http://i.imgur.com/USlzenG.jpg] Apesbrain's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=738 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105731 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The return of the Super LP List
Casino Royale was, of course, a comedy with Peter Sellers, so perhaps Bacharach went a bit over the top: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBLeACT_KBQ Wiki says "Bacharach worked over two years writing for Casino Royale..." ftlight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5294 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105731 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The return of the Super LP List
So tell me is there a worse record than Bachrach: Casino Royale. Colgems/Classic Records 5005Q ? Which unfortunately does not come with an air sick bag. Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: LMS 7.9 on dedicated windows 10 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105731 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
Re: [SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The return of the Super LP List
ralphpnj wrote: > The latest issue of The Absolute Sound (issue 264, July/August 2016) > features the triumphant return of long dead LP Super List ad I for one > could not be happier since now I have a very handy list of audiophile > dreck that is to be avoided at all costs. Thank you TAS!! Here it is, for anyone who wants to compare notes: http://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/tas-super-lp-list-2016/ I'll just copy the Best of the Bunch sections here: "In keeping with Harrys practice, each and every new entry on the list is marked with a dagger () symbol, and those recordings that are still available new or re-issued are marked with a double dagger (). LPs with particularly natural, as opposed to hi-fi spectacular sound have been awarded an asterisk (*)." BEST OF THE BUNCH: Classical Arnold: English, Scottish, & Cornish Dances. Lyrita SRCS-109 Brahms/Debussy/Bartók: Sonatas/Abel, Steinberg. Wilson Audiophile W-8722* Gerhard: The Plague. Decca Head 6 Gershwin: Porgy & Bess complete/Maazel. Decca SET 609-11* Herold-Lanchbery: La Fille Mal Gardée. Decca/ORG 0109-45 (45rpm)* Hi-Fi a la Española. Mercury/Classic SR-90144* Holst: The Planets/Mehta, LA. Decca/ORG 122-45 (45rpm)* Prokofiev: Scythian Suite. Mercury/ORG 118-45 (45rpm)* Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3. Mercury/Speakers Corner SR-90283* Ravel: La Valse/Paray. Mercury/Classic SR-90313* Respighi: Feste Romane/Maazel. Decca SXL-6822 Stravinsky: The Firebird/Dorati. Mercury/Classic SR-90226* Widor: Symphony No. 6, Allegro. Mercury SR-90169 BEST OF THE BUNCH: Popular Bachrach: Casino Royale. Colgems/Classic Records 5005Q Balalaika Favorites. Mercury/Classic Records SR90310-45 (45rpm) Belafonte At Carnegie Hall. RCA/Analogue Productions LSP-6006 * Ellington: For Duke. M & K Realtime UMK Ralph Hunter Choir: The Wild, Wild West. RCA LSP-l968* Dean Martin: Dream with Dean. Reprise/Analogue Productions 076-45 (45rpm)* Music for Bang, Ba-room and Harp. RCA/Analogue Productions LSP-1866 Peter, Paul & Mary: In The Wind. Warner Bros./ORG 071 (45rpm)* Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon. EMI Harvest SHVL-804 The Sheffield Track Record. Sheffield Lab-20* Don Shirley: Water Boy. Columbia CS-9196* The Weavers Reunion at Carnegie Hall, 1963. Vanguard/Analogue Productions 005* ftlight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5294 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105731 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
[SlimDevices: Audiophiles] The return of the Super LP List
The latest issue of The Absolute Sound (issue 264, July/August 2016) features the triumphant return of long dead LP Super List ad I for one could not be happier since now I have a very handy list of audiophile dreck that is to be avoided at all costs. Thank you TAS!! The present list, as well as all the past lists, is so bad that it makes a list of Grammy winners and American Idol winners seem like a treasure trove of great music. Just more proof that most audiophiles won't recognize good music if it jumped out their speakers and hit them over the head. Living Rm: Transporter-SimAudio pre/power amps-Vandersteen 3A Sign. & sub Home Theater: Touch-Marantz HTR-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Linn sub Computer Rm: Touch-Headroom Desktop w/DAC-Aragon amp-Energy Veritas 2.1 & Energy sub Bedroom: Touch-HR Desktop w/DAC-Audio Refinement amp-Energy Veritas 2.0 Guest Rm: Duet-Sony soundbar Garage: SB3-JVC compact system Controls: iPeng; SB Controller; Moose & Muso Server: LMS 7.9 on dedicated windows 10 computer w/2 Drobos 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/jazzfann/) ralphpnj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=105731 ___ audiophiles mailing list audiophiles@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/audiophiles
