Album of the Evening

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Its a holiday weekend, I have some good single malt, and a new server to try out... This album is one of my favorites because it a) Has Mark Knopfler on it. b) Its superbly recorded. Despite having a DR of 4, it is one of a handful of my 16/44 albums that doesn't hit the limiter once in HQP nor does it require an apodizing filter. The counter stays at 0/0. and c) It sounds great with wonderful tone.

 

 

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4 hours ago, Jud said:

 

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https://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=Chet Atkins and Mark Knopfler

 

Enjoy that single malt! 🙂

 

I only know what Roon reports...

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6 hours ago, firedog said:

Low DR can just mean there isn't much built in dynamic range to the music itself.  Happens a lot with Rock/Folk/Country/Blues types of music.

 

6 hours ago, semente said:

 

Indeed, the DR meter is mostly useful only to compare different mastering versions of one particular album.

 

Yes I know, I mainly wanted to head off any comments that it must be compressed to hell with such a low DR.

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1 hour ago, firedog said:

Roon is using a different measurement of dynamic range - R128 vs the more wildly quoted "Crest" method as used in Foobar -essentially average vs peak methods of calculation. The two methods aren't directly comparable number to number. So if you say it has a "DR of 4" that's sort of misleading, as most of us would assume you are reporting what the Foobar/DR database states as DR. 

 

Next time I will link to a page explaining this before I dare mention the dynamic range that's clearly visible in the screen capture included in my post.

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1 hour ago, austinpop said:

Yum. Please post label with next album post!

 

Yes, I will do that instead of discuss the dynamic range of the album I am listening to.  It was a 16 year old Lagavulin.

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22 hours ago, firedog said:

I'm pretty sure not everyone examines every detail of every screen shot on a post.

 

 

And I am also pretty sure everyone here does not know every detail regarding music playback. AS I said, I only know what Roon was telling me.

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After dinner tunes...

 

 

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1 minute ago, kumakuma said:

 

Hey Jason, is that Roon software you're using any good?

 

 

 

👺

 

I guess it depends on your use case...

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12 minutes ago, kumakuma said:

 

I'm glad I never drank the kool aid...

 

Love Kat BTW

 

Enjoy!

 

 

I was lucky enough to see her in person with a very beautiful date. Kat is a charmer for sure.

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33 minutes ago, jiminlogansquare said:

 

This album is beautiful.

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There is real power in this performance by Dessa and the MN Orchestra.

 

 

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Followed by an old standard.

 

 

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4 hours ago, kumakuma said:

 

I can't quite put my finger on why, but this looks familiar...  ;-)

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Another Dessa album tonight...  

 

"Always a bridesmaid, never an Astronaut!"

 

 

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An album I ripped today. I really  like it.

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Tonight I sat back, put my feet up, took a sip of my scotch, and set this to play. This is a beautiful album.

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I don't even know the words to describe this album, just go listen to it. I streamed it on Qobuz after hearing a track on the radio. This is exactly why I listen to 89.3 The Current from MPR

 

I am downloading it as I type this. It's powerful, honest, amazing, and beautiful.

 

edit: Without a doubt, this is my Album of the Year so far.

 

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21 minutes ago, jiminlogansquare said:

Really fine work. Although I am embarrassed to say how long it took me to figure out the album title is not “All Is On R Us Sell”

 

I should have made clear that its Allison Russell, Outside Child.

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6 minutes ago, sphinxsix said:

Me too. Thx! 

BTW, do you know this album:

 

Nope, should I check it out?

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3 hours ago, kumakuma said:

Some of the songs have a real Shelby Lynne feel to them.

 

I actually had that same thought when listening to some of them.

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