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Rock albums that sound good on your system?

Often, you put in a rock album into your S$10,000 system and the music, though enjoyable, just sounds harsh, grating, boomy and forward. Aside from several of my Pink Floyd albums, the rest of my rock CDs just sound bad. Are there any good rock recordings out there?
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garfish
1,840 posts
 
I'll 2nd Gregm's comment-- great post Albert-- Thanks. Cheers. Craig
mes
386 posts
 
Sticking to "albums", and not mentioned above(I think):
Traffic "Low Spark"
Nirvana "Nevermind"
Van the Man "Astral Weeks"
MMW (OK, not exactly rock) "Combustication"
Roxy Music "For Your Pleasure"
And the best I've heard is a sealed ( before I got it :) flimsy 120 gm YES "Fragile" found in a used record shop in Philly for $4.99. BASS? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE BASS!!
joe_b
421 posts
 
Forgot to mention "The California Project" by Papa Doo Run on Telarc. Good sound and great music. Another one that is probably out of print.
budrew
467 posts
 
As an old Genesis fan I've been buying the remasters recently for my new system (McIntosh integrated, Arcam CDP, Tannoy speakers) and they sound really good. It's like rediscovering old records, but they sound better than they did then. I'm talking about the old Genesis stuff, not the newer pop stuff. Also Radiohead, Los Lobos.
stbhorn
63 posts
 
The Creedence Clearwater Revival remasters sound excellent.
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