The search is on for... the ultimate sound quality albulm on CD ever recorded!

Nearly 20 years ago I had some home-made
speakers [EMI-350 in my own enclosers]
and was thinking of an upgrade. [I was
no longer a student].

I went to my dealer and listenned
to Pink Floyd 'The Wall' [which
I knew well] on his suggestion of
EPOS speakers and was not that
impressed. [i.e. they did not sound
that much better than what I had].

Then I got a demo of Quad speakers and
the Helicopter bit [in the Wall] convinced
me to buy them [Even though at the time
I did not have an amplifier that would work
with the Quads -- they look like a pure
capasitence and burn up amplifiers -- but
soon after bought a 33/303 and a few years
ago went to a 32.5/Snaps/250].

So I would recommend 'The Wall' as a super
demonstration CD.

Thinking of the above maybe I should cancel
this post since I would have heard the vinyl
version at the time.

James H.

I still have the Quads. They sound better
with the Naim 32.5/Snaps/250 [in my opinion]
than the Quad 33/303. But the 250 has been
modified not to fry them.

So this is a recommendation for 'The Wall'

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When talking to a sound engineer in the early nineties, who had done recordings at Abbey Road Studios; he said that the best recorded album he'd ever heard was "Wish You were Here" by Pink Floyd.

I agree its a superb recording.

Also, any album with a track as good as "Shine on you Crazy Diamond" is something special in its own right, irrespective of recording quality.

This month's Hi-fi Choice has a review of the White Stripes album. The guy is talking bollocks (IMHO of course). But then again, I can't remember ever reading a music review in a Hifi mag that I agreed with. This same mag wrote a few weeks back that Ian mcCulloch of Echo and the Bunnymen was finally releasing his first solo album! I take it Candleland was just a hologram of a solo album and not the real deal.

Been listening to RHCP Blood Sugar Sex Magic a lot. This too is a stunning sounding album. The performances are captured beautifully, overdubs are kept to the minimum, and while many people think that it's lacking low end, what bass there is has a real pace and tune to it. You have to play it really loud, and the great production means that you can.

Mickey

An album that has received its due in other recent threads - The Colour of Spring by Talk Talk - remains my primary test disc for sonic quality. Musically brilliant as well (with the usual IMHO disclaimer).

John Cougar Mellencamp's 1985 "Scarecrow" album has some great recording on it. The quality is variable; it was recorded with portable equipment in various locations in his boyhood home town. Opening two tracks sound great, as does Justice and Independence.

At the risk of being a Naim sycophant - how about Antonio Forcione and Sabina Sciubba's Meet Me in London?
Got White Stripe's new album today - good suggestion.