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Most Challenging CD

What is the CD that most puts your system to task in your collection?

My best is, Tchaikovsky "The Nutcracker," by the Kirov Orchestra, conducted by Valery Gergiev. This CD has it all, huge bass passages, giant crescendos, sharp horns and interwoven dynamics.

Yes, I know, there are lots of CDs that show all these attributes. There is one thing on this CD that I have never heard on any other, a real loud gun shot.

Sure, some 1812 Overture discs have real cannon fire. They just aren't as powerful as the gun shot on this Nutcracker disc. This report is a CRACKPOW!!!!!!!!

Ok, what do you have that tests your system like no other? I am not really interested in test discs. I have those and they aren't as good, besides being boring.
muralman1
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shadorne
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Hey, Shadorne, I just got finished playing Dire Straits, "Brother in Arms." This is one of the best produced CDs ever.

Mark Knopfler is a stickler for sound quality - so is his sound engineer, Chuck Ainlay.

Mark built the famous British Grove Studios
metralla
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01-10-11: Muralman1 writes:
I just got finished playing Dire Straits, "Brother in Arms." This is one of the best produced CDs ever.

Which version? There are quite a few different masterings of this album. Some sound better than others. I prefer Vertigo (Phonogram) 824 499-2 from West Germany.

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morgenholz
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Portishead "P." Levels too high, overdrives everything.
muralman1 OP
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Oh yeah, there are those discs that are produced in an insanely high level. I don't count those, because their dynamic headroom is restricted.
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geoffkait
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Dafos, Mickey Hart et al

Mickey Hart, Airto*, Flora Purim - Däfos
Genre:
Jazz, Latin
Style:
Afro-Cuban
Year:
1983

Tracklist
Dry Sands Of The Desert 5:05
Saudacão Popolar 5:12
Ice Of The North 1:20
Reunion 5:10
Subterranean Caves Of Kronos 2:12
The Caves Of Däfos 3:55
Passage 10:55

Versions
Title Format Label Cat# Country Year
Däfos (12", Album) Reference Recordings RR-12 US 1983
Däfos (CD, Album) The World, Rykodisc, 360° Records RCD 10108 US 1989
Däfos (CD, Album, 20 ) The World, Rykodisc, 360° Records RCD 80108 USA & Canada 1989
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