realhifi Posted June 22, 2014 Share Posted June 22, 2014 This just seeps right into your head. David Link to comment
realhifi Posted July 2, 2014 Share Posted July 2, 2014 No Doubt, Tragic Kingdom. [ATTACH=CONFIG]13426[/ATTACH] I don't listen to much music recorded after the 1980s, but I think this is one of the best albums of the last 205 years. The breadth of style is not often found in a popular recording: from ska, to hardcore and punk to bubblegum pop. The songs are great, and Stephanie's voice is amazing. It's a long album, but none of the songs I consider to be "filler." And "Don't Speak" is just beautiful. Fantastic record. David Link to comment
realhifi Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Music a bit outside of my regular stuff tonight. Sometimes you just have to have the blues. [ATTACH=CONFIG]13627[/ATTACH] John Lee Hooker: Mr Lucky. Forgotten album buried deep in a box in the basement probably, luckily looked it up quick on Spotify and listening on the patio getting ready to grill some steaks. Thanks! Robert Cray is smokin on this. David Link to comment
realhifi Posted July 22, 2014 Share Posted July 22, 2014 Followed it up with this. David Link to comment
realhifi Posted July 24, 2014 Share Posted July 24, 2014 Telemann: TafelmusikMusica Antiqua Köln, Reinhard Goebel Complete Tafelmusik. Album of the last few evenings. Oldie but goodie. Love that band and love that disk. Was a time it felt like that label was tops on my list. David Link to comment
realhifi Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Everything is broken....... David Link to comment
realhifi Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 [ATTACH=CONFIG]13845[/ATTACH]Not an album per se, but a collection of 21 rare tracks, available as a digital .wav download only from her web site. If you love this artist, check it out... [ATTACH=CONFIG]13846[/ATTACH] Tempting. I have all her recordings so it would just be getting some live versions of some songs I guess. Love her, love David Rawlings. She is an honest to god treasure. David Link to comment
realhifi Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 [ATTACH=CONFIG]14073[/ATTACH] Nice. Thanks. Looks like he should be in high school! David Link to comment
realhifi Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 [ATTACH=CONFIG]17280[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]17281[/ATTACH] Charles Lloyd anything. Simply an outstanding artist. David Link to comment
realhifi Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Yet another - [ATTACH=CONFIG]17258[/ATTACH] Melnikov is the common denominator on these five Hindemith sonatas. All are at least good, some are achingly beautiful, including the one on which Melnikov's accompanist is Faust. A Gramophone Editor's Choice this month, well deserved. Available as a download at eClassical (24/96) and Presto Classical (24/96 or 16/44.1). Thanks for the heads up and for posting where to get t! David Link to comment
realhifi Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Sorry for the OT. The 800s were a bit of an odd choice as I really wanted to upgrade my speakers. But at my local dealer we both agreed that a meaningful upgrade from my current CM8 would already have to be a B&W 805D or even 804D, anything in between would just have been incremental. This would have been a much larger investment, and I couldn't get myself to spend that much cash right now. The return on investment on upgrading my Dac and Amp, both really good in their price range, would probably be even worse. So I figured, Headphones are the area where about €1000 buys you the absolute high-end, in which other class of components do you get that? I went to a local headphone dealer I know well and compared the Sennheisers with Audez'e LCD2, Grado SR1000, and Oppo PM1, all in the same price range. In summary, the HD800 is not for everyone, they are just amazingly clean, resolving, and balanced. However, all 3 of the other headphones gave a more immediate "wow" effect, which is completely absent with the Sennheisers. This is probably the most transparent window you get into music. They do fit my main music tastes (classical and jazz) extremely well, not sure I'd use them if I were mainly listening to Rock for example. On top of that, they are extremely comfortable, which is obviously really important if you want to use them daily. The Audeze for examples are great, but simply to heavy for me. Now I only probably need one more follow-up investment, apparently the HD800 really need an external headphone amp. I'm currently running them off the integrated headphone amp of my Exposure DAC, which is decent, but I'm sure you can do better. Back to topic: I ended up the evening listening to the last CD of this great box: [ATTACH=CONFIG]17304[/ATTACH] With the HD800 I was sitting right there with Stan and Kenny in Copenhagen. Amazing. I have the original double cd of this. I really should spring for the whole set. Poignant, moving, relevant music making by giants. David Link to comment
realhifi Posted April 30, 2015 Share Posted April 30, 2015 [ATTACH=CONFIG]18323[/ATTACH] Every once in awhile I put that on too. It's fun and never fails to bring up some memory from that time period. David Link to comment
realhifi Posted May 7, 2015 Share Posted May 7, 2015 Nuff said. BBQ, patio, Herbie. David Link to comment
realhifi Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 Forgot how good this was. My cd rip is so far from the lp it's laughable. By that I mean that the cd rip is a shadow of this record. David Link to comment
realhifi Posted August 15, 2015 Share Posted August 15, 2015 [ATTACH=CONFIG]20310[/ATTACH]Just an oldie-but-goodie favorite. They never lived up to this album after Boz Scaggs left the band. Great record. For me it brings up some memories like they were yesterday. I agree, their best. David Link to comment
realhifi Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Weird. I posted something last night and it appears to be gone. Did anyone see a post for DeAngelo on here? Oops. Found it on another music thread. David Link to comment
realhifi Posted August 16, 2015 Share Posted August 16, 2015 Killer double album. Not a bad cut on it. Streaming it onto patio tonight but also have the original vinyl and it is excellent. David Link to comment
realhifi Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 Perfect fall evening on the patio. Grilling Rosemary pork chops and listening..... David Link to comment
realhifi Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Southern man, Till the Morning Comes, Only love can break your heart, etc, etc........ Soulful, insightful; a street corner poet plaintively singing a stream of pure feelings out loud. David Link to comment
realhifi Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Sweet guitar picking, soulful lyrics with heartfelt singing make for a beautiful album. David Link to comment
realhifi Posted November 7, 2016 Share Posted November 7, 2016 New music from artists I first discovered almost 50 years ago.[ATTACH=CONFIG]30310[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]30311[/ATTACH] and both with something to say....unlike so much of pop these days. I welcomed both of these without question and have been rewarded repeatedly. David Link to comment
realhifi Posted September 23, 2017 Share Posted September 23, 2017 Delightful. “Speak Low” is smoky, smoldering with terrific runs of Eliane’s piano work interspersed like little spots of color and life. Melvin 1 David Link to comment
realhifi Posted March 6, 2018 Share Posted March 6, 2018 On 3/4/2018 at 8:14 AM, Nikhil said: This just showed up on TIDAL's "What's New" Yes. It’s beautiful. David Link to comment
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