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Nice song
post #2418 of 288411/18/12 at 10:25pmpost #2419 of 288411/18/12 at 11:48pmGreat thread guys. I read quite a few of the pages and got some great suggestions. I want to also say that Damien Rice album O is absolutely stunning on my HE-500s. Truly a masterwork of recording and mixing.
Some other stuff I enjoy:
Anything from Solar Fields. If you haven't heard anything from him, check out:
-Insum
-Air Song
-Sombrero (Absolute masterpiece)
-Sol
-Discovering
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Album: Ethernaut
Artist: The Cruxshadows
Genre: Not sure. A very nice mixture of many things.
These guys... their recording is absolutely perfect. EVERYTHING has a tactile place in the recording. Even the synths are tactile. A tactile synth... it's almost unbelievable.
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Some alphabetical picks from my playlist that I really enjoy listening. They all sound great:
ACDC - Fire Your Guns
Acker Bilk - Stranger On The Shore
Adele - Set Fire To The Rain
Tony Bennett - I Wanna Be Around
Buddy Guy - Rememberin' Stevie
Dave Matthews Band - Gravedigger
Jeff Beck - Blanket (with Imogen Heap)
Leonard Cohen - Ain't No Cure For Love
Mark Knopfler - Why Aye Man
Michael Bublè - Me And Mrs. Jones
Michael Jackson - Come Together
Nickel Creek - When In Rome
Ryan Adams - Dirty Rain
Queen - A Kind Of Magic
Santana - Game Of Love (with Tina Turner)
Otis Taylor - My Soul's In Louisiana
Steely Dan - Home At Last
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Tin Pan Alley
Sting - Desert Rose
Toto - I Will Remember
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
post #2422 of 288411/19/12 at 3:16pmVery nice - and it does sound great on HD800
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Check out the solo at about 2:12 with anything that has a wide soundstage, it sounds the same as it did live at an outdoor stage in Central Park NYC.
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Muramasa by Periphery
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I searched and I never saw this guy mentioned, Madeon. I would listen to him bang two tin cans together if it kept that sweet French house hook.
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Excellent sound quality and excellent jam:
post #2430 of 288411/21/12 at 8:07pm"King Of Those Who Know"
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Amazing on all fronts. Jazz-metal at its (psychedelic) finest.
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