I thought I was the only one that had that Mickey Newbury album. I just rediscovered it recently while looking for things to play through my (then) new Schiit Mani phono preamp. The whole album is mesmerizing.
Wow moments while listening to vinyl records
Howdy A'goners ....
I got back into listening to vinyl records a couple of years ago. Although I have more CDs or FLAC files than my vinyl records collection at the moment, these days I listen to vinyl albums a lot more than I listen to the CDs or music files.
I am creating a database of songs or even whole albums that give me goosebumps.... that make me say wow this sounds amazing! And I keep repeating to listen to that song again and again. You know what I am talking about. Let me share a couple of songs to start the thread -
1) Cris Williamson - waterfall
2) Mickey Newbury - an american trilogy
I want to hear from you about your experience. Please share what songs / albums give you the same feeling. It would be great if you describe what particular aspect of the sound or music makes you feel that way. I am not a musician or even a trained listener. I am not an audiophile. So this is going to be my learning experience about various terms like transient, sound stage, cohesive/organic sound etc. only if you share your experience with me. It will also help me to get some of those albums to add to my collection.
Currently I have two tables - a Denon DP-65F with an Ortofon 2M Black cart, and a Project RPM 9.1 table. I am in the process of choosing a cart for the Project table. I requested feedback on specific carts in another thread.
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/audio-technica-art-7
Please share your experience of songs / albums that create audio nirvana for you :)
Thanks
Subho
I got back into listening to vinyl records a couple of years ago. Although I have more CDs or FLAC files than my vinyl records collection at the moment, these days I listen to vinyl albums a lot more than I listen to the CDs or music files.
I am creating a database of songs or even whole albums that give me goosebumps.... that make me say wow this sounds amazing! And I keep repeating to listen to that song again and again. You know what I am talking about. Let me share a couple of songs to start the thread -
1) Cris Williamson - waterfall
2) Mickey Newbury - an american trilogy
I want to hear from you about your experience. Please share what songs / albums give you the same feeling. It would be great if you describe what particular aspect of the sound or music makes you feel that way. I am not a musician or even a trained listener. I am not an audiophile. So this is going to be my learning experience about various terms like transient, sound stage, cohesive/organic sound etc. only if you share your experience with me. It will also help me to get some of those albums to add to my collection.
Currently I have two tables - a Denon DP-65F with an Ortofon 2M Black cart, and a Project RPM 9.1 table. I am in the process of choosing a cart for the Project table. I requested feedback on specific carts in another thread.
https://forum.audiogon.com/discussions/audio-technica-art-7
Please share your experience of songs / albums that create audio nirvana for you :)
Thanks
Subho
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There is a mofi recording of the 1812 Overture with the LSO/Previn. When the canons go off towards the end you can feel them. https://www.discogs.com/London-Symphony-Orchestra-Conducted-By-André-Previn-A-Tchaikovsky-Spectacula... |
These come to mind quickly. They're in my section of reference LPs which I go to when I want to hear (or show off) what my system is capable of.... Beatles - Love Apple 0946 379 808 11 Janis Ian - Breaking Silence Analog Productions APP 027 Gillian Welch - The Harrow & The Harvest Acony ACNY-1109LP Phoebe Snow - Phoebe Snow Analogue Productions APP-2109-45 Duke Ellington - Masterpieces Analogue Productions APJ 4418 Rickie Lee Jones - Rickie Lee Jones MOFI MFSL 2-45010 (Box Set) Neil Young - Massey Hall 1971 Reprise 43328-1 Blake Mills - Heigh Ho Record Collection B0021196-01 Leonard Cohen - Old Ideas Columbia 88697986711 Paul Simon - Still Crazy After All These Years Columbia (2013) PC 33540 Ten Years After - A Space In Time Audio Fidelity AFZLP 112 Duke Ellington - Jazz Part in Stereo Classic Records CS8127 or Original Recordings Group ORG 131 Ella Fitzgerald - Let No Man Write My Epitaph Analogue Prod AP-4043 Johnny Hodges with the Billy Strayhorn Orchestra Analogue Prod AP-8452 +1 on the Graceland reissue All of these make me say "Wow!" There are others, and I haven't even touched classical. |
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