Best sounding CD ever? Best sounding recordings? Best HiFi albums for audiophiles? Best hi-res albums?

Also sounds great
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Hi Torben, ha ha ha …. I put the 256 in especially for you :grin:
I f’n knew it! PM me and I make sure you get it, it’s the least I can do now :rofl:

Have a good weekend.
S

For sure, but definitely listen before you buy, because not all are of equal high quality, which I am sure has to do with the old source material. For me they are more of “historical” value, the old jazz ones for sure. Like:

Brubeck

Monk

But that’s just my opinion, I run Devialets and because of that I have most of them, a (download) offer back then I could not refuse.

Have a good weekend.

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Hi S

THX - if would have been nice if one could buy a DSD128 version (like what nativedsd offers for many albums). But that seems not to be the case.

Torben

Just bought Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio (download). Nice music and the recording is very good - but nothing special.

Torben

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Thanks for this post. I didn’t know this album before but listened to it now and really like it. The recording is truly excellent, especially for an album of this period.

If you need some DSD256 to test your system with, than here are some free samples:

Look for: “Noqué Studio DXD Sample Mixing Files”

Torben

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I recently discovered these 3 amazing tracks during my time at the Florida Audio Expo:

https://open.qobuz.com/track/116946907

https://open.qobuz.com/track/98641341

https://open.qobuz.com/track/40710956

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@Orchard_Audio - Thanks - just added them to:

Great Sound Quality - High-End - Playlist (Qobuz)

Do you have more great tracks?

Torben

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Take a look though here:
https://open.qobuz.com/playlist/3288137

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Hi Torben,
great Playlist!
Thanks for sharing. :slight_smile:

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@Daiyama - Please feel free to post or PM when you have some nice tracks :slight_smile:

Torben

Hi Leo Great playlist, many thanks for adding.
There are a number of songs that aren’t currently on Qobuz from your list, but in most cases there is a replacement/new version on Qobuz. I’ve tried to add to the playlist to keep it complete, but for some reason, it won’t add these. Wondering if you have time, if you could do the upkeep??
Tracks in question are: Spoon by Can, If i tell you i love you by Melody Gardot, Billie Jean by the Civil Wars, Hanuman by Rodrigo y Gabriela. Sentinent Oona by Thee Oh Sees does not seem to be on Qobuz at all at the moment.
Cheers

I was able to play his complete playlist directly. What country are you in? Music licenses and releases are different for each country. I’m in the US.

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Hi Richard. In Oz and we do seem to get a few geolocation locks on music. Thanks for letting me know.

I was able to get different releases for all except one song/album, but have just got that on Bandcamp.

Hi @Orchard_Audio ,

I can not see/hear these tracks, as I am not a Qobuz subscriber.
Clould you please write track or album name, artist and maybe release date or year?
Thanks in advance.

Henrik

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My favourites are:




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@Henrik_Lampe Hi Henrik. I have attached 3 screenshots with all details of the songs on the Orchid Audio playlist. Hope that gets you started in the right direction…



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They are all available to me, could this be based on where you are located?

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