My best demo albums

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My all time favorite.  Available on CD & LP.  The FIM CD version is the best.

 

 

Roch

 

 

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2 hours ago, miguelito said:

 

A few albums:

 

Amber Rubarth - Sessions from the 17th Ward (DSD128 from HDTracks)

Great vocal capture and space.

 

Milcho Leviev - Man From Plovdiv (CD rip)

Amazing jazz, and one of the most amazing recordings I own in terms of piano tonality, it will show very clearly whether your system can reproduce piano properly

 

Dick Hyman - From The Age of Swing (CD rip)

Fun swing music, great recording

 

Daft Punk - Random Access Memories (88/24 from HDTracks)

Great electronica

 

Arnesen - Magnificat (2L download, highest PCM rate, around 352 or so)

Amazingly beautiful piece, great choral recording, space and depth

 

A few tracks:

 

Moby - Flying Foxes (CD rip)

Incredible analog synths

 

Nina Simone - Mood Indigo (DSD64 ripped from latest Analog Productions SACD)

 

Sara Bareilles - Gravity (live) (HDTracks)

 

Buika - Mienteme Bien (CD rip)

 

But I have to say there are so so so many great recordings, I’m just posting what I remember right now. There’s a great Carmina Burana recording I cannot recall right now (not home) which in my system will just take the air out of your lungs...

 

Since you mentioned (Concha Buika) I like to add her best album (for me)

 

 

 

And another from Spain.  Nice Latin Romance and very well recorded:

 

 

 

Roch

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On 8/12/2018 at 4:49 AM, semente said:

For a show off piece I suggest playing this vibrant jazz track LOUD, though beware that when it comes to system performance it'll sort the men from the boys ? (video not available in Europe for some reason):

 

 

 

Europeans can listen here:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56KtmUqQIYk

 

 

Great! I never thought that Michelle Pfeiffer as a jazz singer ...

 

I have always admired her as an artist (without forgetting her beauty) !

 

Roch

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On 8/12/2018 at 10:03 AM, miguelito said:

Yes, outstanding. The high res version from HDTracks is better than the MQA version on TIDAL.

 

Also of note: Patricia Barber - Cafe Blue (available as DSD download, and in a new “unmastered” SACD version which I have ripped to DSF). Amazing recording, and really like the music.

 

I love Patricia. I have several of their MFSL SACD (PS3 ripped), as I mentioned before.

 

I really like his interpretation of "Summertime". She sails deep among the blues, with her particular interpretation and musical arrangements ...!

 

Roch