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

Posted by: Richard Dane on 01 January 2016

2016 has arrived today, so time to start this thread afresh.

Last year's thread (and links to previous years) can be found here;

https://forums.naimaudio.com/cr...nt/45070658828583310

Posted on: 22 October 2016 by Alfa4life

On vinyl

Posted on: 22 October 2016 by MDS

dave marshall posted:
Phil Collins - Face Value deluxe edition.
Why?
This.................http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34659811
Not fashionable to admit to liking Phil, but his "Facehugger" drum sound takes some beating.............see what I did there?

I must be unfashionable too, being a long-time fan of Mr C

Posted on: 22 October 2016 by james n

dave marshall posted:
james n posted:
Thanks Dave for the recommendation (Horace Andy and Sound Iration In Dub) - arrived today so looking forward to having a listen to these later once we've attacked the growing pile of leaves in the garden !
Hi James,
I'm guessing you Tidalised these two before deciding to buy, so I'm glad you liked them.........I've been plugging the Sound Iration one for ever.
Best you get the leaves done first though, before a listen, as, the other way round, it'd be "Nah, the leaves can wait till tomorrow"

Leaves done so i'm allowed to play - apart from listening to a few Horace Andy tracks on YouTube, i've bought blind (deaf ?) so i'm looking forward to trying something new. While i'm copying the albums across to the Melco, i thought i'd warm the system up with this...

UB40 - Signing Off

Posted on: 22 October 2016 by Tony2011

Ok, I get you. Just because I said TLLDOB was Genesis last good album you lot decided to counteract by playing PC. Below the belt, really!

Posted on: 22 October 2016 by Borders Nick

Hungryhalibut posted:
Borders Nick posted:
Following HH's excellent shout yesterday. Four album download from Qobuz for £6.70 ish must be the bargain of the year. Lovely stuff.
Ah, I'm glad you found it and are enjoying it. I played the first disc last night and was most impressed. John Taylor was such a wonderful pianist.
I'm very much enjoying this, another recent Forum recommendation, bought cheaply on cd.

HH have you had any problems playing discs 2 - 4 of the John Taylor ? All the tracks seem to be corrupted just playing noise. Disc 1 plays perfectly. I've manually re-downloaded a single track from disc 2 and get the same issue. I'm using ALAC format.

Posted on: 22 October 2016 by Borders Nick

Borders Nick posted:
Hungryhalibut posted:
Borders Nick posted:
Following HH's excellent shout yesterday. Four album download from Qobuz for £6.70 ish must be the bargain of the year. Lovely stuff.
Ah, I'm glad you found it and are enjoying it. I played the first disc last night and was most impressed. John Taylor was such a wonderful pianist.
I'm very much enjoying this, another recent Forum recommendation, bought cheaply on cd.
HH have you had any problems playing discs 2 - 4 of the John Taylor ? All the tracks seem to be corrupted just playing noise. Disc 1 plays perfectly. I've manually re-downloaded a single track from disc 2 and get the same issue. I'm using ALAC format.

Update - WAV & FLAC work fine - its ALAC that's the issue for some reason

Posted on: 22 October 2016 by Bert Schurink

Haunting

Posted on: 22 October 2016 by dave marshall

james n posted:
dave marshall posted:
james n posted:
Thanks Dave for the recommendation (Horace Andy and Sound Iration In Dub) - arrived today so looking forward to having a listen to these later once we've attacked the growing pile of leaves in the garden !

Best you get the leaves done first though, before a listen, as, the other way round, it'd be "Nah, the leaves can wait till tomorrow"
Leaves done so i'm allowed to play - apart from listening to a few Horace Andy tracks on YouTube, i've bought blind (deaf ?) so i'm looking forward to trying something new. While i'm copying the albums across to the Melco, i thought i'd warm the system up with this...

UB40 - Signing Off

A nice pointer towards the other two.

I've gradually discovered some of their less well known albums................worth a listen...........IMHO.

UB40 - Homegrown. UB40 - Fathers of Reggae. UB40 - Cover Up.

Posted on: 22 October 2016 by spurrier sucks

Homme-Homme

not what I thought it would be. I was hoping it was Josh Homme but instead it's a chick with a cool voice and some cool guitar behind her. Something different and sounds nice.

Posted on: 22 October 2016 by dave marshall

spurrier sucks posted:
Homme-Homme
not what I thought it would be. I was hoping it was Josh Homme but instead it's a chick with a cool voice and some cool guitar behind her. Something different and sounds nice.

Tidalising it right now.................now that is different...............great shout.

Posted on: 22 October 2016 by Alfa4life

Time to join the unfashionable... on vinyl

Posted on: 22 October 2016 by winkyincanada

Giving this a spin as my wife (who can't stand NCATBS) is out for a while... It's very good indeed. Dark. Dark. Dark But hey, what were you expecting?