[Rico613]

 

  Many people love the ECBA.  I know I did.  http://www.eddiecurrent.com/BA.html
 
Woo Audio makes the WA5 and WA lite (less money).  http://www.wooaudio.com/products/wa5.html  (WA5 maybe better for hard to drive headphones like HD800, LCD-4, HE1000)
 
There maybe other 300B headphone amps out there.

I'd go with Emission Labs 300B XLS tubes.

They look fantastic. But the prices.......anything approaching that quality in 1000$ range?

Staying with tube type amp maybe: 
 
http://www.wooaudio.com/products/wa7d-fireflies.html  (tube rectifier if possible)
-- Or --
http://schiit.com/products/mjolnir-2
 
I haven't heard these, so I can't say the would be better than a good solid state amp like a Violectric V200
http://violectric-usa.com/hpa-v200 . 

 

[christian u]

The player is promoted as the worlds first MQA player but I do not see the download in that format on the site;http://www.soundliaison.com/
 
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  And Pioneer seems to agree. They use the Carmen Gomes album to promote their new portable audiophile player;

 
 

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

 

 

[Zoom25]

Got more music coming. In the time being, will second recommendations from Sound Liaison. All are well produced, but some are more in tune with my tastes.

 

[Zoom25]

Phil Collins - Face Value (Remastered 2015/16)
 
The drums at 3:40 

 
 
 
 
For those interested: http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=phil+collins&album=face+value

 

[Zoom25]

Witmer Trio - En Azul
 
http://www.soundliaison.com/studio-masters/184-witmer-trio-en-azul
 
Enjoying this album musically and its SQ.
 
http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/94956

 

[christian u]

  Witmer Trio - En Azul
 
http://www.soundliaison.com/studio-masters/184-witmer-trio-en-azul
 
Enjoying this album musically and its SQ.
 
http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/94956

+1
I have had it for a while now and it is one of those albums that sounds very inviting at first listen but also has enough depth to keep getting better with repeated listening.

 

[Youth]

  Phil Collins - Face Value (Remastered 2015/16)
 
The drums at 3:40 

 
 
 
 
For those interested: http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/list?artist=phil+collins&album=face+value

 
Never understood why you would choose a remaster like that over the original.

 

[yoghurtlidlicker]

 

[Kheadfi]

  Witmer Trio - En Azul
 
http://www.soundliaison.com/studio-masters/184-witmer-trio-en-azul
 
Enjoying this album musically and its SQ.
 
http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/94956

 

  Witmer Trio - En Azul
 
http://www.soundliaison.com/studio-masters/184-witmer-trio-en-azul
 
Enjoying this album musically and its SQ.
 
http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/94956

 
 

  +1
I have had it for a while now and it is one of those albums that sounds very inviting at first listen but also has enough depth to keep getting better with repeated listening.

+3. The sound of this album is so natural. I wish some of the established jazz labels would take notice and start going down the same road when producing a piano trio.

 

[christian u]

Indeed, here is a good example; I am enjoying the music of the new Brad Mehldau; Blues and Ballads. The music is fantastic but the sound does not do the music justice. No sense of placement, the drums are all over the sound field, with the cymbals having a strange decay and the toms sounding as if they are in a separate room. I wish he would let somebody else record his albums.
 

 

[christian u]

Here is an older Brad album with better sound( and the 16 bit cd I have sounds a lot better than this youtube sample;

 

[Kheadfi]

The track the Colonel is so mysterious. This sounds good on youtube but my 24/96 download is absolutely stunning;

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  Just posted this on the other HD800 thread;
 
This one is rather good too;
   http://www.soundliaison.com/
And what a story:

                                     

 

[christian u]

Yes and this is another one mixed with the HD800. One of the reasons that it sounds so good.
Here is the story; 

But on the other hand when one listens to track 6; '' the Colonel '' another more complex picture of Tom Parker emerges, that  of a man in pain and remorse.

Was he the Devil? Just before the melody enters you hear small squeaks from dried monkey hands and a voodoo priest blowing smoke, trying in vain to undo the whole deal.
 
Then Parker, Michael Moore's clarinet, ''sings his song''.
A song about the illegal immigrant Andreas Cornelis van Kuijk, changing his identity and becoming Tom Parker, going from the old world to the new, from rags to riches, from laborer to kingmaker. Maybe Parker too had been standing on that crossroad. Maybe Parker by bringing Elvis to fame, was trying for a new deal with the Devil.... Elvis in exchange for his own soul. 
http://www.soundliaison.com/

 

 

The track the Colonel is so mysterious. This sounds good on youtube but my 24/96 download is absolutely stunning;

 

[christian u]

  Here is a good preview;

for classical there is also Bach and Debussy;

 

[RogerWilco]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SFt7JHwJeg