[aragornmustdie]

led zeppelin II
rage against the machines debut album
pat metheny's the road to you
soweto gospel choir live
oh and black sabbath's paranoid. with maybe some dream theater.

 

[ozz]

Al Di Miola 's Flesh On Flesh is one of my favorite demo pieces and IMO was mastered
very well.

 

[KingStyles]

My favorite testing albums is The Trans Siberian Orchestra. Great combination of winds, woods, piano, drums, guitars ripping scales through all the frequencies and multiple unique and different sounding vocals. Great for testing soundstage, detail, and frequency response. Who says you cant listen to christmas music year around?

 

[jonnyhambone]

Quote:

Originally Posted by AmanGeorge /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yanni's Live at the Acropolis and Yanni Live - the Concert Event are two of the best live recordings I've ever heard. Fantastic dynamics, energy, and textures.

yeah, but then you've got to...

...well, never mind.

 

[holdendebeans]

The Ultimate Demonstration Disc Volume 2 from Chesky Records. Available for download at 96/24 at HDTracks.com

 

[veloaudio]

Copland 100, Eiji Oue: Minnesota Orchestra
Reference Recordings
Recording Engineer: Keith O. Johnson

 

[ucrags84]

Sean Mullins-Soul's Core

- Well recorded CD, interspersed poetry with various instruments makes for nice easy listening.
- This CD makes tremendous use of soundstage, so if your cans can keep up, great album to show it off.

 

[lwells]

John Mayer - Where the Light is
Jack Johnson - En Concert

Two of my favorites.

 

[mojo]

I've been pretty impressed with Example's work. What We Made and his latest single Won't Go Quietly are actually pretty well recorded, especially by rap albums (or dance in the case of the new one).

Most rap/dance is horribly loud. Example has a good voice IMHO and it is well recorded. You don't get the usual massively distorted bass or "everything louder and everything else" muddled sound like so many albums these days. Dance isn't really my thing but the new single manages to have that powerful "anthem"/"big" sound without becoming unlistenable on 'phones.

 

[gbacic]

anything lo-fi like Have a Nice Life, Afterlives, Mount Eerie, Microphones, Onra, etc.
The hifi part is hearing all the imperfections

 

[Razeus]

Any of the Blue Note jazz CD's featuring the re-mastering work of Rudy Van Gelder. Absolutely superb.

 

[Razeus]

Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto - Stan/Getz (the 24-bit remastered version). Just a listen to "Girl from Impanema" and you'll be in love.

 

[Razeus]

Methany/Medhlau

 

[koven]

diana krall/norah jones are two of my favs

 

[Razeus]

Herbie Hancock - The Joni Letters