[fatcat28037]

I'd like to step back a few years and nominate "Harry Belafonte at Carnegie Hall" A live performance recorded in 1959, yes, 56 years ago. This recording is excellent
and set the standard for future live recordings.The performance is beyond reproach. If you're thinking my suggestion is crazy, you haven't listened to the album. I believe this album should be in every audiophiles collection.

http://www.amazon.com/Live-Carnegie-Hall-Harry-Belafonte/dp/B000006SUU/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1427420951&sr=1-1&keywords=harry+belafonte+live+at+carnegie+hall

 

[taffy2207]

Tedeschi Trucks Band  - Revelator (2011)  is giving me eargasms right now. Modern production but maintaining an old school feel. The layering and separation is sublime. 

 

[taffy2207]

Roger Waters - Amused To Death (1992).

Recorded in Q Sound. If you own headphones with great soundstage, I'd thoroughly recommend this.

 

[xantus]

elbow - takeoff and landing of everything

sound scientists at their peak

 

[Sirfalot]

Manu Katche - Third Round
Pete Alderton - Cover My Blues
and the best recording of all
 
Chris Jones - Roadhouses and Automobiles

 

[dusk]

man.. off the top of my head going through my albums:  These just strike me as the best sounding in my collection.
 
muddy waters - folk singer
beck - sea change (mofi)
jim croce - his greatest recordings (dcc gold)
erkan ogur -dokunmak # bass heads check this out for use of bass in acoustic music
daft punk - random access memories (24/88 edition studio masters)
fleetwood mac - rumors (dutch white)
massive attack - mezzanine
my bloody valentine - loveless # analog tapes
neil young - after the gold rush
nirvana - unplugged
clapton - unplugged
pink floyd - wall (mofi)
radiohead - anything really
sigur ros - agaetis byrjun
steely dan - aja
beach boys - pet sounds
beatles - uhhh everything, but abbey road if I had to pick one
the ******* eagles man - hotel ******* california (dcc gold)
simon and garfunkle - bridge over troubled waters
charles mingus - ah um

 

[taffy2207]

Paul Weller - Wild Wood (1993)

 

[Artemie]

I'm a big fan of dubstep.
 
Monstercat - 016 Expedition
or
Monstercat - 007 Solace
 
Best Mix of dubstep goes to
 
Ephixa - Feed the Cat

 

[CocaCola15]

The Coryells, 2012.

 

[SirMarc]

While not technically an audiophile recording, I've really been enjoying the Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots on vinyl. The soundstage is huge, and there's weird sounds coming from all directions. Very fun listen...

 

[dusk]

Want to add 3 electronic albums:

Nicolas jaar - space is only noise we can't see
**** buttons - tarot sport
Scuba - claustraphobia

 

[bigfatpaulie]

I'd like to step back a few years and nominate "Harry Belafonte at Carnegie Hall" A live performance recorded in 1959, yes, 56 years ago. This recording is excellent
and set the standard for future live recordings.The performance is beyond reproach. If you're thinking my suggestion is crazy, you haven't listened to the album. I believe this album should be in every audiophiles collection.

http://www.amazon.com/Live-Carnegie-Hall-Harry-Belafonte/dp/B000006SUU/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1427420951&sr=1-1&keywords=harry+belafonte+live+at+carnegie+hall

 
That's too funny!  That exact CD literally arrived in my mailbox today!  What are the odds!

 

[SirMarc]

The recent mobile fidelity JT by James Taylor on vinyl. Incredible sounding album

 

[aphex27]

Don't know if anyone has mentioned this:
 
the 2011 remaster of:
 
smashing pumpkins-siamese dream
 
insanely good studio work.
 
Butch Vig FTW.

 

[aphex27]

While not technically an audiophile recording, I've really been enjoying the Flaming Lips Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots on vinyl. The soundstage is huge, and there's weird sounds coming from all directions. Very fun listen...

yeah, I've been reading all over the place thats it's supposedly one of the great audiophile records...
 
I don't find that to be the case. At all.