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: 04 December 2016 by matt podniesinski

Posted on: 04 December 2016 by Loki

After twice listening to a 16 bit rip of a little known Moby album 'A night in NYC' (it's a really good introduction to the very best of Moby) I've moved on to MP3 downloads from Apple of assorted Nazareth tracks. This Scottish heavy rock band was the reason I got into rock music in the first place and sounds as fresh as it did back in the late 70s. cool

Posted on: 04 December 2016 by matt podniesinski

On vinyl.

Posted on: 04 December 2016 by Stevee_S

A+ | Transcoded DSD

(2015)

Posted on: 04 December 2016 by Stevee_S

(2016)

Downloaded a few months ago this seems like a good quiet time of the morning to queue this up and give the hi-res Linn recording an outing.

Posted on: 04 December 2016 by Bert Schurink

During my workout..

Accelerate from R.E.M.

Posted on: 04 December 2016 by Bert Schurink

Followed by Around the Sun from R.E.M. which I liked more

Posted on: 04 December 2016 by Bert Schurink

Quite delicate playing especially for Khatia....

Posted on: 04 December 2016 by joerand

Suzanne Vega. 99.9 Fº. On CD from 1992. I've had a couple sets of speakers home recently for demo and am finding this album stellar as a reference CD. It's an AAD recording with outstanding resolution, depth and subtleties to the mix. There is a wonderful synergy between Suzanne's vocal delivery and interplay with the bass lines. All makes for an album absolutely packed with PRaT.

Posted on: 05 December 2016 by james n

I'd not appreciated The Pogues to a great degree when i was younger but tastes change and i really like this album.

'Fairytale Of New York' was a song i'd always disliked until a few years back until i listened to it properly and it has now become a firm favourite. It's just a superb song - Joyous but sad, and all the more poignant with the loss of Kirsty MacColl.

Posted on: 05 December 2016 by apye!

I like this new purchase, on vinyl...

Posted on: 05 December 2016 by Stevee_S

A+ | Transcoded DSD

(2004)

In the mood to listen to his great voice for a while and this early album will do nicely.

Posted on: 05 December 2016 by ewemon

dave marshall posted:
ewemon posted:
HQ files. SQ is still not great but better than the cd.
Ewen,
Is it just my ears, or do some of the tracks (ripped CD version), appear to be in mono?
If so, this might explain the perceived poor SQ versus raw excitement of old, depending on which side of the fence one sits, re. The Stones.
So, it's either my imagination, or, if it truly is in mono, I'm just a bit slower to grasp what is obvious to everyone else.