What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. X)

Posted by: Richard Dane on 31 December 2013

On the cusp of 2014, we start a new thread...

Anyway, links:
Volume IX: https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...16#22826037054683416
Volume VIII: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...nt/12970396056050819
Volume VII: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...6878604287751/page/1
Volume VI: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878604097229
Volume V: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605140495
Volume IV: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605795042
Volume III: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607309474
Volume II: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878606245043
Volume I: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607464290

Posted on: 02 November 2014 by dayjay

Rush, Signals, 24 bit flac streamed via Hugo,  excellent album that includes Losing It which is my current favourite Rush track and my all time favourite Peart lyric, beautiful! 

Posted on: 02 November 2014 by dayjay
Originally Posted by Tony2011:
Originally Posted by MDS:
Originally Posted by Tony2011:
Originally Posted by MDS:

Looking for something to counteract the miserable weather outside.  Deep Purple are definitely a blast-from-the-past.  I still enjoy them, especially Child in Time,  but the keyboards definitely sound like they come from a bygone era. 

An absolute classic. Only thing that drives me nuts is the reverse channel with Blackmore on the left and Lord on the right. Damn!

Gosh. I hadn't noticed until you had pointed it out, Tony. I shall have to pretend I'm now back-stage!

Quite a few bands  do that including the almighty Zeppelin. There's a good debate on the SH forum if you want to dig in deeper. I still find it annoying!

Eh?

Posted on: 02 November 2014 by VladtheImpala
Originally Posted by dayjay:
Originally Posted by Tony2011:
Originally Posted by MDS:
Originally Posted by Tony2011:
Originally Posted by MDS:

Looking for something to counteract the miserable weather outside.  Deep Purple are definitely a blast-from-the-past.  I still enjoy them, especially Child in Time,  but the keyboards definitely sound like they come from a bygone era. 

An absolute classic. Only thing that drives me nuts is the reverse channel with Blackmore on the left and Lord on the right. Damn!

Gosh. I hadn't noticed until you had pointed it out, Tony. I shall have to pretend I'm now back-stage!

Quite a few bands  do that including the almighty Zeppelin. There's a good debate on the SH forum if you want to dig in deeper. I still find it annoying!

Eh?

From the audience point of view, Deep Purple (and most other bands) lined up with keyboards on the left, guitar on the right. You'd expect the recording to reproduce this in the stereo soundstage, not the other way round.

Posted on: 02 November 2014 by dayjay
Originally Posted by VladtheImpala:
Originally Posted by dayjay:
Originally Posted by Tony2011:
Originally Posted by MDS:
Originally Posted by Tony2011:
Originally Posted by MDS:

Looking for something to counteract the miserable weather outside.  Deep Purple are definitely a blast-from-the-past.  I still enjoy them, especially Child in Time,  but the keyboards definitely sound like they come from a bygone era. 

An absolute classic. Only thing that drives me nuts is the reverse channel with Blackmore on the left and Lord on the right. Damn!

Gosh. I hadn't noticed until you had pointed it out, Tony. I shall have to pretend I'm now back-stage!

Quite a few bands  do that including the almighty Zeppelin. There's a good debate on the SH forum if you want to dig in deeper. I still find it annoying!

Eh?

From the audience point of view, Deep Purple (and most other bands) lined up with keyboards on the left, guitar on the right. You'd expect the recording to reproduce this in the stereo soundstage, not the other way round.

You learn something new every day! I go to concerts as often as I can and I've seen most major rock bands, including Purple a number of times, and I've never noticed that, although now you mention it I do recall that with Deep Purple last time we saw them with Skynyrd. Thanks for the info, although it will no doubt bug me too from now on!

Posted on: 02 November 2014 by dayjay

Marillion,  Clutching at Straws, only fair given that Mrs DayJay has put up with a couple of hours of Rush and, it has to be said, this is a damned fine album

Posted on: 02 November 2014 by Iconoclast
Originally Posted by naim_nymph:

SACD - Alpha 2001 : )

 

 

What a coincidence I was thinking of posting it this morning.

Posted on: 02 November 2014 by winkyincanada

 

Perhaps my least played Radiohead album. But enjoying it now. 

Posted on: 02 November 2014 by ewemon
Originally Posted by Jeff Anderson:
Originally Posted by Jeff Anderson:
Originally Posted by ewemon:
Originally Posted by Jeff Anderson:
Originally Posted by ewemon:

re:Matthew Ryan

JeffA have you heard this yet, if so what do you think?

 

A return to his rock 'n' roll roots.

Hi Ewen

 

Thanks for posting that, I was't aware there was a new release.  I will definitely be checking it out.  I think he is a very underrated artist, some of his releases are amazing to me. 

 

thanks again

Jeff A

Only reason I know about it is because I got a sampler of it sent to me

I have found it on Spotify, will listen to it soon.

 

Jeff A

Ewen

 

The first few tracks certainly do harken back to May Day era MR, rockin' stuff.  Haven't focused on these lyrics yet but his recent stuff has been quite dark, which is fine, but requires some attention to the times when I choose to listen to them.  

 

I am picturing you dancing around the room playing air guitar .  I'm too old for that but the foot is tapping', indeed.

 

Again, thanks for making me aware this was available.

 

Jeff A

Ha!!Ha!!! Jeff my days of dancing round the room and playing air guitar have long gone. 

Posted on: 02 November 2014 by ewemon
Originally Posted by Tony2011:

Brilliant album Tony. If you like So What get yourself a copy of the first Japanese mastering if you see it on fleabay nothing comes close to it for sq. Every other copy I have heard is bright apart from that one.

Posted on: 02 November 2014 by ewemon
Originally Posted by Tony2011:
Originally Posted by MDS:
Originally Posted by Tony2011:
Originally Posted by MDS:

Looking for something to counteract the miserable weather outside.  Deep Purple are definitely a blast-from-the-past.  I still enjoy them, especially Child in Time,  but the keyboards definitely sound like they come from a bygone era. 

An absolute classic. Only thing that drives me nuts is the reverse channel with Blackmore on the left and Lord on the right. Damn!

Gosh. I hadn't noticed until you had pointed it out, Tony. I shall have to pretend I'm now back-stage!

Quite a few bands  do that including the almighty Zeppelin. There's a good debate on the SH forum if you want to dig in deeper. I still find it annoying!

Haven't posted on the SH forum for about a year and I notice the last time I was on that a lot of guys I know from the old days who were considered to be the real experts on sq have left it.

 

Another thing I also noticed was that the forum had turned from being a voice for good sq into a forum for compression is fine.

 

 

Posted on: 03 November 2014 by Hmack

Originally posted by Tony2011 & endorsed by Ewemon:

 

+1 from me - great album

 

Now going to play (both on vinyl) my other Joe Walsh albums:

 

Posted on: 03 November 2014 by Hmack

On vinyl from the 70s:

 

 

Michael Chapman - "Fully Qualified Survivor"

Posted on: 03 November 2014 by Jeff Anderson

Laura Veirs

"July Flame"

Posted on: 03 November 2014 by Christopher_M

Scritti Politti - Songs to Remember. Fondly recalling a university friendship. Where is she now?!

 

Chris

Posted on: 03 November 2014 by Haim Ronen

 

Harp music in the salons of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

 

Philippe-Jacques MEYER (1737-1819)
01 Prelude

 

Maria COSWAY (1759-1835)
02 Andantino
03 Allegretto

 

Philippe-Jacques MEYER
04 Interlude. Fantasia
05 Allegro

Johann Christian BACH (1735-1782)
06 Tempo di MinuettoPhilippe-Jacques MEYER
07 Interlude. Adagio

Jean Baptiste KRUMPHOLTZ (1747-1790)
08 Allegro
09 Romance
10 Rondo. Allegretto

Johann Christian BACH
11 Largo

Carl Philipp Emanuel BACH (1714-1788)
12 Interlude. Solfeggio 

Francesco PETRINI (1744-1819)
13 Allegro maestoso
14 Rondo. Allegro

Wolfgang Amadeus MOZART (1756-1791)
15 Interlude. Thême für Josef Häusler
16 Larghetto
17 Allegro
18 Postlude. Andante

Posted on: 03 November 2014 by winkyincanada
Originally Posted by Haim Ronen:

 

Has anyone ever seen a male harpist?

Posted on: 03 November 2014 by Jeff Anderson

She & Him

"Volume 3"

(M Ward & Zooey Deschanel)

Posted on: 03 November 2014 by Jeff Anderson

Josh Ritter

"Beast In Its Tracks"

Posted on: 03 November 2014 by Bert Schurink

this morning, during my workout..

 

Posted on: 03 November 2014 by Bert Schurink

listened to this the whole weekend while committing in the car, great album....

Posted on: 03 November 2014 by Hmack

I don't have many albums that could be classed in the 'Jazz' genre, but this is one of them:

 

 

Standard res stream (FLAC) from my NAS.

Posted on: 03 November 2014 by Jeff Anderson

Rodney Crowell

"The Outsider"

Posted on: 03 November 2014 by Jeff Anderson

Roseanne Cash

"The River And The Thread"

Posted on: 03 November 2014 by kuma
Originally Posted by Bert Schurink:


Bert,

Is this any good?
Posted on: 03 November 2014 by dav301

On CD:-