[christian u]

 
Will do. Got some new monitors, so going to test stuff out before recommending more albums. They're even more resolving than the HD 800, so its time to re listen to a lot of stuff. Some of the stuff I recommended before like Diana Panton really holds up. Just beautiful.

new monitors?
which ones?

 

[Zoom25]

Recommended artist: Jane Monheit
 
Most of her albums are well done and similarly mastered, so you can go between tracks and its hard to notice if the album has changed if you put her tracks on shuffle. They have this rich wet sound up top that gives nice air to all the instruments and her voice. It suits the weight of her voice well. It's engaging while not trying to forcefully shove vocals down your throat, but not light enough that the vocals just float away without any euphony...

 

[TheGhostWhoWalks]

  Recommended artist: Jane Monheit
 
Most of her albums are well done and similarly mastered, so you can go between tracks and its hard to notice if the album has changed if you put her tracks on shuffle. They have this rich wet sound up top that gives nice air to all the instruments and her voice. It suits the weight of her voice well. It's engaging while not trying to forcefully shove vocals down your throat, but not light enough that the vocals just float away without any euphony...

I'll second this. Monheit is my go-to artist for vocal testing.

 

[Zoom25]

  new monitors?
which ones?

Amphion One15.

 

[Kheadfi]

  I'll second this. Monheit is my go-to artist for vocal testing.

I like her too but for natural SQ I still think the Sound Liaison recordings with Carmen Gomes are hard to beat;

 

 

[pspivak]

Something that I have noted as I have listened to the my system more is that the microphones employed in the recording have a certain characteristic when it comes to vocal recording of a solo performer, especially in regard to the "size".  As an example Louis Armstrong on the Ella and Louis recordings sounds as if he is quite close and the space his voice occupies is a large part of the field.  Compared to the Greatful Dead live recording I was listening to last night, Jerry's voice seemed physically small, almost pinpoint.  Both had equal clarity and sounded like real voices but the spatial characteristics were quite different.  
 
As I become more familiar with the  equipment and it continues to break in I am more impressed by the resolving power of these devices.  I am also becoming more aware that the recording engineer is as much a part of the artistic team as the featured artist.   How fun. 
 
Maybe I am getting to the point where the equipment is good enough for the here and now, and NOW is the time to start discovering the media that is out there waiting to be heard and experienced.  

 

[moopster]

Beethoven: Symphony No.9 in D minor, Op.125 - "Choral"
 
Christopher Hogwood directs the Academy of Ancient Music using period instruments and arrangements
to produce music as close as possible to that heard in Beethoven's time.
 
 
 

 

[Kheadfi]

I got this one;

 

[fapman]

  I'm sorry if it was posted before....
 
Ólafur Arnalds, Alice Sara Ott
'The Chopin Project' Album
24/96 from Quobuz.com

'Reminiscence'
 

Thank you for this! Its absolutely stunning to hear this even through my HD598...

 

[moopster]

Deep sub-bass by these pioneers of experimental electronica. The album is very dynamic at DR12.
 

Strap on your LCD-4 and knock a tooth out.
 
 

 

[Kheadfi]

They took it down.
 
is this the album?
 

 

[moopster]

Yes, that's the one.  Unfortunately not all YouTube posts are playable in all locations due to rights holder's restrictions.

 

[christian u]

Great sounding ''oldie''

 

[christian u]

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheGhostWhoWalks
I'll second this. Monheit is my go-to artist for vocal testing.

 



Originally Posted by Kheadfi /img/forum/go_quote.gif
I like her too but for natural SQ I still think the Sound Liaison recordings with Carmen Gomes are hard to beat;

 

+1

 

[moopster]

This recording of Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring is one of my favorites, by Eiji Oue and
the Minnesota Orchestra. Its a very dynamic recording (DR16) and the bass drum is especially
prominent with visceral impact and an unusually long decay.
 

 
 
 
Another favorite is Lorin Maazel conducting the Cleveland Orchestra, a standout Telarc recording with a spectacular brass section.
I can't find it on YouTube but the CD is on Amazon.