davidovada Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 It's dark and stormy above Genova today. How about sliced peaches floating in red wine and some John Abercrombie. iMac - iTunes(AIFF) - Squeeze 7.9- QOBUZ flac streamer - Vodafone Revolution Router - Transporter - Pathos Classic One MkIII - JM/Focal Daline 3 - dhLabs & Xindak xlr cables - Mapleshade header and footers - AppleTV3 Link to comment
acousticsguru Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 My own XLD rip of the Classic Records Gold CD from the nineties. Makes me wonder why modern high-resolution downloads won't always come in similarly uncompressed remasterings… Greetings from Switzerland, David. Link to comment
Booster MPS Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Absolutely fantastic (electronic) music. Just listening right now (my album of the morning ;-). Better than Boards of Canada's Tomorrow's Harvest? I don't know what to say...Anyway, solid candidate for electronic album of this year. Cool. Is this a new release? I was recently introduced to this artist and really like his work (and I really like the new Boards release btw). I will look for a resource to stream it - thanks for sharing. Link to comment
oscarnr Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Cool. Is this a new release? I was recently introduced to this artist and really like his work (and I really like the new Boards release btw). I will look for a resource to stream it - thanks for sharing. Yes! From May/2013. You will enjoy it for sure. Thanks to Blake to introduce it to me. Best regards Oscar MBP 2012 ML 10.8.3 16 Gb and itunes 10.7 > Amarra Symphony with IRC, A+, PM> Tellurium Q Black Diamond USB + AQmicroUSB adaptor> Chord Hugo> Zensati #3 RCA > McIntosh C2500 preamp> Atlas Mavros XLR> McIntosh MC452 amplifier >Atlas Mavros speaker cable > Focal Scala Utopia > Ears > Brain > Enjoyment Essential Audiotools Filtered Mains Multiplier/Sablon Audio Gran Corona Analogue:Clearaudio master solution+SME V+Benz micro LP-S+Clearaudio Sixtream phono cable HP: Ipod Classic 160Gb>Centrance Hifi-M8>Audeze LCD-X/Audeze LCD-XC Link to comment
acousticsguru Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Some records of "lesser-known" (the Sixth is Bax's best-known symphony) repertoire are so perfect in every way, being an audiophile is the closest one is ever going to get to hearing a definitive performance (literally - I have yet to hear any Bax performed in our neck of the woods). To me a great part of what makes this "hobby" so rewarding. Greetings from Switzerland, David. Link to comment
Savage Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 His Name is Alive Stars on ESP A strong nod to Brian Wilson on some if not all the tracks Low I could live in hope More from the cult of Wilson Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not." — Nelson Pass Link to comment
oscarnr Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Low I could live in hope More from the cult of Wilson [ATTACH=CONFIG]6733[/ATTACH] My favourite Low album. I like to think of it as a Disintegration (The Cure) of the nineties. I love how they hold that minor chords... Low are a musical genre on their own. Cheers Oscar MBP 2012 ML 10.8.3 16 Gb and itunes 10.7 > Amarra Symphony with IRC, A+, PM> Tellurium Q Black Diamond USB + AQmicroUSB adaptor> Chord Hugo> Zensati #3 RCA > McIntosh C2500 preamp> Atlas Mavros XLR> McIntosh MC452 amplifier >Atlas Mavros speaker cable > Focal Scala Utopia > Ears > Brain > Enjoyment Essential Audiotools Filtered Mains Multiplier/Sablon Audio Gran Corona Analogue:Clearaudio master solution+SME V+Benz micro LP-S+Clearaudio Sixtream phono cable HP: Ipod Classic 160Gb>Centrance Hifi-M8>Audeze LCD-X/Audeze LCD-XC Link to comment
Savage Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 My favourite Low album. I like to think of it as a Disintegration (The Cure) of the nineties. I love how they hold that minor chords... Low are a musical genre on their own. Cheers Oscar Mine too, their first and self-produced...it's all Low. They are local but no one else was doing anything like this...they are their own genre. At this time they had a big love of Joy Division and would often cover their songs. The last show they did a cover Rihanna..how times change Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not." — Nelson Pass Link to comment
budy Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Was anybody there? Win 10 (64), (Front Room) Phil's Audio Optimizer, Tidal/Roon, HQPlayer, RME ADI-2 DAC fs, Hegel H300, van den Hul - The Clearwater, PMC Twenty.24's. Link to comment
Snowmonkey Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Einstein Link to comment
oscarnr Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 (Ensemble Pearl) Drones, dark ambient and more... MBP 2012 ML 10.8.3 16 Gb and itunes 10.7 > Amarra Symphony with IRC, A+, PM> Tellurium Q Black Diamond USB + AQmicroUSB adaptor> Chord Hugo> Zensati #3 RCA > McIntosh C2500 preamp> Atlas Mavros XLR> McIntosh MC452 amplifier >Atlas Mavros speaker cable > Focal Scala Utopia > Ears > Brain > Enjoyment Essential Audiotools Filtered Mains Multiplier/Sablon Audio Gran Corona Analogue:Clearaudio master solution+SME V+Benz micro LP-S+Clearaudio Sixtream phono cable HP: Ipod Classic 160Gb>Centrance Hifi-M8>Audeze LCD-X/Audeze LCD-XC Link to comment
accwai Posted July 30, 2013 Share Posted July 30, 2013 [ATTACH=CONFIG]6741[/ATTACH] Nice! Turns out No. 5 is in RCM Grade 8 and I've heard my niece play it a long while back. Time to add this to the buy queue... Andy Link to comment
accwai Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Ricci: Tartini 50 Variations on a theme by Corelli, Paganini 60 Variations sur l'Air Barucaba Fritz Kreisler's Variations on a theme by Corelli in the style of Tartini is a knock off, but this is the real thing. Link to comment
lfs Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Oscar Peterson . . . Exclusively For My Friends Discs 1 & 2 of 4. A recent acquisition. Oscar at his finest! Accompaniment alternates between Sam Jones and Ray Brown on bass, Bobby Durham, Louis Hayes and Ed Thigpen on drums. Live recordings made in Germany between 1963 and 1968. Link to comment
wwaldmanfan Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 "Howling Trains and Barking Dogs" (2010) Cindy Bullens Available from HDtracks.com (16/44.1 downoad), or on CD Solid, well-produced country-rock from this underrated artist. The CD is a compilation of co-written songs Cindy wrote in Nashville during the early and mid-1990's with Radney Foster, Bill Lloyd, Al Anderson, Matraca Berg, Mary Ann Kennedy and Kye Fleming, and Jimmy Tittle. Cindy has flown under the commercial radar as a backup singer with Elton John, an award-winning solo singer/songwriter, and, more recently, a member of The Refugees trio, along with Deborah Holland (of Animal Logic, with collaborators Stanley Clarke and Stewart Copeland) and Wendy Waldman (all-around musical genius). Cindy is now Cydny, a transgender (!) guy, but, her (his) music speaks for itself, and is worth a listen. Hey, it worked for Walter (now Wendy) Carlos, albeit the other way around... Link to comment
Musicophile Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Oscar Peterson . . . Exclusively For My FriendsDiscs 1 & 2 of 4. [ATTACH=CONFIG]6756[/ATTACH] A recent acquisition. Oscar at his finest! Accompaniment alternates between Sam Jones and Ray Brown on bass, Bobby Durham, Louis Hayes and Ed Thigpen on drums. Live recordings made in Germany between 1963 and 1968. This is such a great box! Thanks for reminding me, will put it on my Iphone for travel this week. Check out my blog at musicophilesblog.com - From Keith Jarrett to Johannes Brahms Link to comment
wwaldmanfan Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 The Monkees "Live 1967" Available from HDtracks 24-bit/192kHz download for only $24.98 From the HDtracks website: "Live 1967 features performances from The Monkees’ exhilarating U.S. tour. The group performed hits including “I Wanna Be Free” and “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone,” featured on this twelve-track collection. The recording captures the band at its rawest." Yes, those of us that are old enough remember that infamous tour, when The Jimi Hendrix Experience was the warm-up group, until he was fired from the tour after maybe two concerts for his lewd and lascivious behavior on stage. The music biz didn't get much stranger than that in 1967... HDtracks, you've got to be kidding. Dreadful garbage does not even begin to describe this album. Who would buy this? Link to comment
Snowmonkey Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 [ATTACH=CONFIG]6758[/ATTACH] The Monkees "Live 1967" Available from HDtracks 24-bit/192kHz download for only $24.98 HDtracks, you've got to be kidding. Dreadful garbage does not even begin to describe this album. Who would buy this? You, I gather, since you are posting this on the Album of the Evening thread. Or we're you meaning to post on one of the "What's Wrong with HDTracks" threads? Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted. - Einstein Link to comment
oscarnr Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Miles Davis - Get Up With It Deep, dense, dark...Not jazz, not rock, not ambient, not funk, and all of that at the same time. Great! MBP 2012 ML 10.8.3 16 Gb and itunes 10.7 > Amarra Symphony with IRC, A+, PM> Tellurium Q Black Diamond USB + AQmicroUSB adaptor> Chord Hugo> Zensati #3 RCA > McIntosh C2500 preamp> Atlas Mavros XLR> McIntosh MC452 amplifier >Atlas Mavros speaker cable > Focal Scala Utopia > Ears > Brain > Enjoyment Essential Audiotools Filtered Mains Multiplier/Sablon Audio Gran Corona Analogue:Clearaudio master solution+SME V+Benz micro LP-S+Clearaudio Sixtream phono cable HP: Ipod Classic 160Gb>Centrance Hifi-M8>Audeze LCD-X/Audeze LCD-XC Link to comment
Blake Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Lambchop - Is a Woman Speaker Room: Lumin U1X | Lampizator Pacific 2 | Viva Linea | Constellation Inspiration Stereo 1.0 | FinkTeam Kim | dual Rythmik E15HP subs Office Headphone System: Lumin U1X | Lampizator Golden Gate 3 | Viva Egoista | Abyss AB1266 Phi TC Link to comment
oscarnr Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Lambchop - Is a Woman You got me. One of my favourite bands. MBP 2012 ML 10.8.3 16 Gb and itunes 10.7 > Amarra Symphony with IRC, A+, PM> Tellurium Q Black Diamond USB + AQmicroUSB adaptor> Chord Hugo> Zensati #3 RCA > McIntosh C2500 preamp> Atlas Mavros XLR> McIntosh MC452 amplifier >Atlas Mavros speaker cable > Focal Scala Utopia > Ears > Brain > Enjoyment Essential Audiotools Filtered Mains Multiplier/Sablon Audio Gran Corona Analogue:Clearaudio master solution+SME V+Benz micro LP-S+Clearaudio Sixtream phono cable HP: Ipod Classic 160Gb>Centrance Hifi-M8>Audeze LCD-X/Audeze LCD-XC Link to comment
firedog Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Was anybody there? Not nearly as many as the number who've invented a memory and think they were there, and the much bigger number who say they were, even though they know they weren't. Most of the crowd had left by the point Jimi came on early in the morning. Main listening (small home office): Main setup: Surge protectors +>Isol-8 Mini sub Axis Power Strip/Protection>QuietPC Low Noise Server>Roon (Audiolense DRC)>Stack Audio Link II>Kii Control>Kii Three BXT (on their own electric circuit) >GIK Room Treatments. Secondary Path: Server with Audiolense RC>RPi4 or analog>Cayin iDAC6 MKII (tube mode) (XLR)>Kii Three BXT Bedroom: SBTouch to Edifer M1380 system. Living Room/Kitchen: Ropieee (RPi3b+ with touchscreen) + Schiit Modi3E to a pair of Morel Hogtalare. All absolute statements about audio are false Link to comment
REShaman Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Bill Evans: You Must Remember Spring XLD conversion redbook CD (Japan import) to AIFF. In a word, spectacular. Highly recommended. I am a fan, but a truthful fan! Enjoy the music, Richard Link to comment
REShaman Posted July 31, 2013 Share Posted July 31, 2013 Fred Hersch: Evanessence: A Tribute To Bill Evans XLD conversion redbook CD to AIFF. Just glorious. Highly recommended. Enjoy the music, Richard Link to comment
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