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Re: Reference Recordings
« Reply #20 on: July 28, 2012, 02:22:51 PM »
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba DCC

-Exaggerated stereo mixing ala Beatles but still reference quality for me in terms of tonality and life

Gabriela Anders-Wanting

-A Natural Sounding and Intimate Pop/Jazz/Samba Album

Front Line Assembly - Tactical Neural Implant

-Bassy yet clean sounding industrial music recording :)

Muddy Waters - Folk Singer (MFSL)

-Sounds very natural to me. Sort of like the Belafonte Gold minus the extra presence in the vocals. This actually sounds a little better to me than the Eric Clapton unplugged maybe except for the startling bass extension of the Clapton recording.

The Nat King Cole Story
- Very Natural sounding. Even better sounding than the DCC greatest hits to me.

Dixieland America (Compilation)
-Very Natural Sounding

Spyro Gyra - Stories Without Words

Great Blend of Natural and electronic sounds

Jazz At The Pawnshop XRCD version

- I like the brighter and more lively XRCD version than the others I've heard

BTW I'm just randomly posting these recommendations as I am listening to my computer's library of music :)
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Re: Reference Recordings
« Reply #21 on: July 28, 2012, 03:02:13 PM »
Quote from: donunus on July 28, 2012, 02:22:51 PM
Stan Getz & Charlie Byrd - Jazz Samba DCC

-Exaggerated stereo mixing ala Beatles but still reference quality for me in terms of tonality and life


No!

That has to be one of Steve's worst masterings. It's missing air and is very stuffy sounding - not lifelike at all!!! I don't know what he was thinking when he mastered it.

The master tape probably doesn't sound that much different but this mastering was way too conservative, even by his standards. He needs to re-do it for Audio Fidelity because you can get some great sound from that recording.
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Re: Reference Recordings
« Reply #22 on: July 28, 2012, 03:03:36 PM »
hahaha it may just be a good match with my cans LOL. Actually it does sound like theres an hd650esque sound sprinkled on it but its magic for me. It gives me goosebumps even though I know its not truly realistic sounding.
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Re: Reference Recordings
« Reply #23 on: July 28, 2012, 03:05:53 PM »
Quote from: donunus on July 28, 2012, 03:03:36 PM
hahaha it may just be a good match with my cans LOL

It's one of those that tends to sound good on everything. The laid back character of the DCC mastering isn't unpleasant but I can't listen to it for much time. Really lacking in certain areas.

If you are coming to the August meet, I'll play you my version.  :)p7
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Re: Reference Recordings
« Reply #24 on: July 28, 2012, 03:08:34 PM »
I wish I could go. I'm in the Philippines though. Anyways I edited the post before this just as you posted the last post. That softness works for me for some reason but yah... A totally realistic sounding version would be something I would be interested in listening to.
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Re: Reference Recordings
« Reply #25 on: July 28, 2012, 03:13:04 PM »
Quote from: donunus on July 28, 2012, 03:03:36 PM
hahaha it may just be a good match with my cans LOL. Actually it does sound like theres an hd650esque sound sprinkled on it but its magic for me. It gives me goosebumps even though I know its not truly realistic sounding.

Another recording like that one is The Oscar Peterson Trio - We Get Requests.

Every single version I have heard love to pump up the bass and it gives it a stuffy (albeit musical) sound quality to it. It can sound so much better than what's out there. Even the new SACD is guilty of this. You would think a mastering engineer would know what a bass should sound like.
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Re: Reference Recordings
« Reply #26 on: July 28, 2012, 05:43:55 PM »
Quote from: LFF on July 28, 2012, 03:13:04 PM

Another recording like that one is The Oscar Peterson Trio - We Get Requests.

Every single version I have heard love to pump up the bass and it gives it a stuffy (albeit musical) sound quality to it. It can sound so much better than what's out there. Even the new SACD is guilty of this. You would think a mastering engineer would know what a bass should sound like.

Which version do you like the best... or do you think is least bad? I have the SHM and the FIM K2-HD. I haven't heard the Verve 20-bit but I assume it's nothing special.
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Re: Reference Recordings
« Reply #27 on: July 28, 2012, 05:45:30 PM »
Quote from: DaveBSC on July 28, 2012, 05:43:55 PM
Quote from: LFF on July 28, 2012, 03:13:04 PM

Another recording like that one is The Oscar Peterson Trio - We Get Requests.

Every single version I have heard love to pump up the bass and it gives it a stuffy (albeit musical) sound quality to it. It can sound so much better than what's out there. Even the new SACD is guilty of this. You would think a mastering engineer would know what a bass should sound like.

Which version do you like the best... or do you think is least bad? I have the SHM and the FIM K2-HD. I haven't heard the Verve 20-bit but I assume it's nothing special.

SHM for me. Although my version sounds nothing like it. The SHM is probably the best of a bad lot. They are all compressed too.
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Re: Reference Recordings
« Reply #28 on: July 28, 2012, 05:50:46 PM »
Any thoughts on the Columbia Gold Mastersound release of Time Out? I think it sounds decent, but definitely not as good as some of my other favorite jazz albums. I haven't heard the Classic Records 200g Grundman mastered vinyl.
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Re: Reference Recordings
« Reply #29 on: July 28, 2012, 06:19:04 PM »
Quote from: DaveBSC on July 28, 2012, 05:50:46 PM
Any thoughts on the Columbia Gold Mastersound release of Time Out? I think it sounds decent, but definitely not as good as some of my other favorite jazz albums. I haven't heard the Classic Records 200g Grundman mastered vinyl.

Stay away from both.

Get the old Legacy issue...pre-2001. It's not compressed, sounds great and is cheap! The new deluxe Legacy issue has tape damage.  facepalm

I haven't heard the new SACD though....original SACD is fantastic.
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