Probably not a popular opinion but I much prefer the original - the Revisited recordings sounds a touch contrived to me while the original has a certain rawness of execution that appeals.
Pink Floyd's Welcome to the Machine. I just critically listened to that track and it sounded like I had an extra pair of speakers 3' to the outside of speakers. What an amazing track.
You beat me to it! I have the vinyl, Vol 1-4, Summertime is just killer on there. These recordings are the epitome of West Coast Jazz
Hey! Nothing wrong with having a personal preference! Prompted by your post, I re-watched the DVD late last night and loved it even more. Margo and Natalie singing together brought chills. Jeff
There are so many great ones, but Steven Wilson's remix of "The Yes Album" is amazing. The record sounds more like a live performance than a studio album. Everything is in the right space.
That's the one I was going to suggest but you beat me to it. A great recording and can be bought dirt cheap.
One of the most three dimensional recordings I have heard. Excellent music also, great playing, dynamic, and nice selection of songs.
Track 1 - My Heart Belongs to Daddy. The cymbal in the deep far left corner is magnificent sounding. The sound stage is well developed and solid as a rock.
Body & Soul was actually either one of the three first, or earliest, CD's I ever purchased, in 1984, back when I was intending to limit my CD purchases to only those LP's I already owned, that would have significant demo-disc value.
Great idea for a thread btw. Here are some vocal tracks with amazing soundstage that I've been listening to lately: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkaL6oLTbkc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAtsIv-7Ues https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFLbm7JT4Nw
If you feel like your two way stereo system sounds like you are in a home theater set up, you have it dialed in. I think you can gauge height, width and 180+ degree-ness with this one (I can hear them falling on my head and even behind my ear) Actually, the entire EP is good for testing sound stage, I think. Spotify link: Bubbles
There are of course all sorts of sound stages to be captured and recreated. Sir Adrian Boult and the London Phil recording of RVW's Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis is in the classical vein but night and day different from Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony's take on Mahler's fourth symphony. Small ensembles differ, too. Diana Krall's piano and voice centric Live in Paris is unlike Miles Davis' instrumental interplay in Kind of Blue or Sketches of Spain or Big Brother's Cheap Thrills or Jefferson Airplane's After Bathing at Baxter's. So there are a few fun and relatively mainstream and easy to find samples to play with.
Wow--just from my laptop, with no external speakers, I'm getting a sense of complete immersion! I didn't realize this was possible!
Wow - that is superb on Qubuz! Ping pong balls within reach and also bouncing 3 ft to far side of speakers
I've been rediscovering stereo soundstage after 15 years of desk listening. I've found Pink Floyd's Animals and The Wall really jump beyond the boundary of the speakers.
