My CDs - Audiophile and great recordings

[@PDCRed]

Thank you so much. Ernest Ranglin - what a revelation. Can't stop listening and have never heard before.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you P.D.

[@nespressoman]

I have never heard of Ernest Ranglin. I'm listening on Qobuz now and it is SO good!

[@lleelo77]

So much thank you.. Ranglin is the man

[@cjpriustt]

Thanks for starting this. There’ll be some gems to discover. Here’s my contribution to add. Artist: Don Cherry Album: El Corazon Track: Mutron, Street Dancing Artist: Sonny Rollins Album: Way Out West Artist: Norah Jones Album: The Fall Tracks: Chasing Pirates Artist: Eva Cassidy Album: Songbird Tracks: Autumn Leaves, Wade in the Water, Wayfaring Stranger Artist: The Civil Wars Album: Barton Hollow Tracks: Poison & Wine, Falling Artist: The Civil Wars Album: Between the Bars Tracks: Billie Jean Artist: Bela Fleck and the Fleckstones Album: Bela Fleck and the Fleckstones Track: The Sinister Minister Artist: Beatles Album: LOVE Tracks: all good, especially 1-2 Artist: Trentemoller Album: The Last Resort Track: Chameleon Artist: LP Album: Lost on You Tracks: Lost on You, Other People, Muddy Waters, When We’re High, ... Artist: Arvo Part Album: Portrait Spotify playlist: This is Arvo Part Track: Spiegel im spiegel for Violin&Piano Artist: Arvo Part Album: Alina Spotify playlist: This is Arvo Part Track: Spiegel im spiegel for Cello&Piano Artist: Arvo Part Album: Te Deum Spotify playlist: This is Arvo Part Track: Magnificat, Silouans Song, Kyrie, Sanctus Artist: Arvo Part Album: The Deer’s Cry Spotify playlist: This is Arvo Part Track: The Deer’s Cry Artist: Arvo Part Album: The Symphonies Spotify playlist: This is Arvo Part Track: Sym. 4 movement 2 Artist: Gustav Mahler, George Solti Album: Symphony No.2 Track: 1st and 3rd movement (turn it up!) Artist: Bach, Andy Murray Album: Goldberg Variations Artist: John Williams Album: Schindler’s List Tracks: all good, especially 12-13 Artist: Elgar, Jacqueline Dupre Album: Cello Concerto Tracks: all good, especially Sea Pictures with Dame Janet Baker Artist: Lloyd Holzgraf Album: The Power and the Glory *Very rare Direct to Disc RealTime recording. Can find on KZbin. Extreme low organ notes. Need good sub for sure. Tracks: Bells of St Anne de Beaupre

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Hi cj996twins , wow! That is quite a list to work through, thank you for taking the time to add it.

[@bshah4831]

You've made my day! So much great tunes I was not aware of. Managed to get most in Amazon HD and their Ultra HD formats. And ordered one on vinyl.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Hi B Shah, thank you for watching and commenting. Great to know you are enjoying some new tunes 😁

[@JohnSmith-of4vh]

To be honest high resolution is not always much if any better than plain CD. The reason I believe for this is that many high res recordings are enhanced CD ones. Generally you are better off searching for recordings that are well recorded without too much concern for res.@@abritishaudiophile7314

[@jerrythornton7167]

Thank you.You've introduced me to a great number of fantastic musicians and music I didn't know.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Jerry 😊👍

[@carlbillingham2670]

Just found your channel and loving it. Here are my rough scribbles trying to write down all the albums/artists you mentioned. (Please excuse my typos I was having to type way quicker than I’m really capable of doing! 😉) Written on the wind Andrea bocelli Ernest Ranglin - below the baseline Kenny Davern - mood indigo The very best of Dean Martin The very best of Perry Como Elle Fitzgerald - the cole porter songbook Dinah Washington - mad about the boy Kenny Rogers -21 Michael bobble - it’s time Gregory porter - liquid spirit Mary Black - The holy ground Carpenters Eva Cassidy - songbird Jennifer Warnes - the hunter Tracey Chapman - Cross roads Beverley Craven - Sarah McLachlan - track Angel (of City of angels) Mark cohen -the rainy season and self titled Antony and the Johnsons -the crying light Joan Osborne - relish Celine Dion Nora Jones Amy Winehouse Joss Stone Sade - greatest hits Mariah Carey Regina bell Karen White Alicia Keys - songs in A minor Mary J Blythe Jennifer Hudson Justin Timberlake Jim iraqui Delle Sam Smith Mark Ronson Elvis - essential collection Roy Orbison - a love so beautiful (audiophile recording) Tom Jones Beatles Rolling Stones The monkeys Johnny Cash - live at St Quintin Janis Joplin Joni Mitchell - Blue Jimmy Hendrix Bob Dylan - Greatest Hits James Taylor - Greatest Hits Neil Young - Harvest (audiophile standard) Cat Stevens Don McLean Paul Simons Bob Marley - Legend Dire Straits Eagles - hell freezes over (audiophile standard) Steely Dan Led Zepplin Doors - greatest hits Jim Morrison Pink Floyd JJ Cale John Miles - rebel John Cocker Eric Clapton - the cream of Tina Turner - a foreign affair Madonna Kate Bush Chris Rea - the road to hell Robert Palmer Sting Bruce Springsteen - the ghost of Tom Jones Paul Weller Nirvana - never mind Red hot chilli peppers Rage against the machine Bryan Adam’s Garth Brooks Alanis Morrisset Tori Amos - under the pink U2 David Grey - White Ladder Blur - greatest hits The Verve -Verve Stereophonics - Greatest hits Coldplay Keen Snow patrol Final straw Killers Scissor sister Mumford and sons Lana del Ray Blues BB King live at the regal John Lee hooker -tantalising with the blues John Lee hooker the healer John Lee hooker - Don’t look back Van Morrison - New York sessions ‘67 Van Morrison - seasick steve Stevie ray vaughn Robert Cray The Commitments Soul Ray Charles Aretha Franklin - sings the blues Nina Simone Sam Cooke Otis Redding Gladis knight Al Greene James Browne greatest hits Temptations Marvin gay Smokey Robinson Benny King Bill Withers Stevie Wonder Curtis mayfield live Donna summer gold George benson Michael jackson. Early stuff when recorded by Quincy Jones Mark MacDonald - greatest hits Barry white Lionel Ritchie great recording Luther Vandross - dance with my father James Taylor Cameo - word up good recording Quincy Jones good recording Saturday night fever (good recording) The best of blaxploitation The Buddha bar Nitin Sawhney - beyond skin and prophecy Dimitri Blue funk Faithless - greatest hits Dire straits brothers in arms sacd Tony joe white - closer to the truth Ray Charles -genius loves company (audiophile recording) Carey Bell - Harp slinger (audiophile blues) Muddy waters - folk singer Muddy Mississippi waters live legacy edition epic The Dave Brubeck quartet - take five Miles Davis - Kind of Blue Oscar Peterson - Piano Moods Classical London Philharmonic Orchestra - 50 greatest pieces of classical music (audiophile recording) Mari Kodama - Beethoven piano sonatas Bill Evan’s Trio - portrait in jazz Art Pepper - Meets the Rhythm Section Cannonball Adderley & Bill Evans - know what I mean Antony & the Johnsons - Her eyes are underneath the ground

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Wow! That was some list. Thank you for noting it down 😊👍

[@ebroadnax1]

Hello there. I am enjoying the music suggestions from your collection. Some familiar, some new. It really adds to my appreciation of two channel listening. Thank you for your input on setup and other things audiophile. Keep up the good work!

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you my friend. Much appreciated 😊👍👍

[@archiemacdonald553]

great music selection.tarun.lots of good.recommendations .i can recommend a great album for you Herbie Hancock dis is da drum .you will love it .great stuff .best Archie.😊😊😊

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Archie. I will check it out. Great artist and human being 😊👍

[@dilbyjones]

Herbie !

[@himhal4821]

Tarun, thanks for this type of video. In addition to helping me discover new music, it also helps the artist when we purchase music that we may not have heard if it weren't for your video. And you motivate other viewers to post some of their music, which adds to the potential for everyone to expand their repertoire.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you HH. Very kind of you to say 😊👍

[@himhal4821]

@@abritishaudiophile7314 I purchased Ernest Ranglin for download from Qobuz after watching your video, and I still have 30' of this video I have yet to watch. I'm also checking out Andreas' suggestion on Ritenour. It's unfortunate that not all recordings are high quality recordings. There are times when I say I like the song, but it doesn't sound good and wonder whether there's something amiss with my setup. Then I listen to "10" from Piano Guys (which I consider an excellent recording), and then conclude that my setup is fine - it was a less than stellar recoding of the other song that caused it to not sound good.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

@@himhal4821 that Ernest Ranglin is one of my all time favourites and sounds great. It is always a bit of a lottery with recording quality. You think in this day and age it would be something we wouldn’t need to worry about.

[@aussie8114]

@@himhal4821 I can so identify with the annoyance of the albums one likes but are recorded to a questionable standard. You might like to check out an Apple Music playlist I made of 140 tracks that are very well recorded. The playlist name is AUDIOPHILE MIX (Neil).

[@CovertOperative]

(Reggae/Jazz) Ernest Ranglin ‎- Memories Of Barber Mack. (Contemporary Jazz/Electronica) Byron The Aquarius ‎- Ambrosia. (Blues) Bobby Bland ‎- Reflections In Blue. (Electronica) Eurythmics ‎- Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This). (Soul/Funk) LeRoy Hutson ‎- Hutson. (Reggae) Morgan Heritage ‎- Live Another Rockaz Moment. (Classical/Techno) Jeff Mills ‎- Blue Potential (Live With Montpellier Philharmonic Orchestra). (Jazz/Funk) Herbie Hancock ‎- Head Hunters.(Funk/Soul) Aretha Franklin ‎- Spirit In The Dark. (Detroit Techno) Octave One - The Collective. (Deep House) Larry Heard - Love's Arrival.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you CO 😊👍

[@dandeluca]

Fantastic video, appreciate all the recommendations. This is what it's all about right, the great music that sounds great.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Absolutely, thank you Dan 😊👍

[@pinkyfloydyfan1]

Patricia Barber Café blue: a marvelous album incredibly well recorded. A must for any audiophile!!! I have thgis record on 4 formats!!! DSD is the best format, anyway!!!

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

pinkyfloydyfan1 thank you for watching and sharing.

[@artfartzy]

Love DSD recordings, sounds so good. Have a few myself in DSD format.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Hi ArtFartzy, shame there isn’t more DSD material out there.

[@pinkyfloydyfan1]

@@abritishaudiophile7314 Go on hdtracks.com or store.acousticsounds.com/superhirez. you will get a lot of dsd recordings.

[@artfartzy]

@@abritishaudiophile7314 yeah agree, I bought some japanese releases that are with DSD, artist like KIko Lee, Grace Mahya, also got an album from a girl named Lovisa - that girl from ipanema, really great sound on this one, though not sure if it is in DSD but high recording in the style of bossa.

[@Nephilim-81]

Love videos like this. Glad I found it. Thank you.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you. Much appreciated 😊👍

[@graemeferguson4946]

Try Bela Fleck. Their Flight of the Cosmic Hippo album has some INCREDIBLE bass. In general I think it's really well recorded.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you for the suggestion Graeme 😉

[@JonathanKimberley]

I was just listening to it. Only instrumental, but a lot to it.

[@paulallardes3728]

Probably Victor Wooten on bass. If so that man is a legend.

[@victor123442]

Your taste is as rich as your knowledge not just wide covering a good spectrum but truly deep. Great to see an Indian soul beneath such vast body of knowledge and it must be retained as it might not be entire depiction of you since you are a British Audiophile after all but then at least some part of it, keep it that way Tarun. Best wishes for your channel.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Victor. I appreciate you watching and your support 😉

[@Lovelacewatkins139]

Eva Cassidy, I listen to her cd when setting up my q acoustic concept 20s with my icon audio 20pp , beautiful voice

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Shame she died so young. What a talent.

[@cjpriustt]

Tarun A British Audiophile Sigh. Same with Winehouse, Otis Redding, Jeff Buckley, Jacqueline du Pre, etc.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Hi cj996twins, so many gone too soon...

[@clothyardshafts]

Wow! You’re just about to crack 70,000 subscribers. Congratulation, hands down, you deserve it.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you my friend 😊👍

[@RafeLavine]

Oh. How could I forget? My Desert Island Disc - Donald Fagen - "The Nightfly" (preferably the DVD Audio version - absolutely the most stunning, genuine audiophile quality recording I own).

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

One of my wife’s favourites 😊👍

[@leodesforges161]

Great Bill Evan’s Trio album. Thanks from another Art Blakey fan.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you 😊

[@ranbymonkeys2384]

Lynyrd Skynard, Endangered Species, all unplugged, does Heartbreak Hotel., Sweet Home Alabama UNPLUGGED Most people never heard of this album, just awesome.

[@jnagarya519]

YAWN.

[@LorDarkGoose]

@@jnagarya519 Not cool dissing other people music tastes dude. That's like "your opinion" man! Chillout and let everyone be.

[@myronhelton4441]

A British Audiophile is smiling. You should be smiling. The air off Eva Cassidy's voice is blowing everybody's mind with goosebumps. Its unreal how great the air off her voice is recorded. By far in this respect that I could ever imagine. The mic or the room acoustics of the air is mind blowing. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you 👍

[@myronhelton4441]

@@abritishaudiophile7314 Audiophile recommendations. Something digital was added to albums in 1972, thats why most of my albums are from 1955 to 1971. 3 Hendrix studio albums on lp only. This is the only cd I like of Hendris, Hendrix Blues, on cd or lp. Hooker n' Heat. I like The Temptations only on vinyl. Temptations-sky's The Limit. Temptations-Papa was a rolling stone. Below I am going to tell you about some cds with Richard Davis, Van Morrison's Astral Weeks, bass player. Van Morrison-Astral weeks, the cd sounds exactly like the lp. Bill Frisell With Dave Holland & Elvin Jones is my best cd in audio quality, but I dont like the sound of the youtube audio quality of the cd, it was put out only on cd. Below I mention some cds with drummer Elvin Jones. I like Elvin Jones-poly currents, only on lp. The Horace Silver cd is better thsan the youtube version of the cd. Click next links. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2bTiWejh7aWfNE kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZPMpZRjobCegpo kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXW4nGyCqN6Sr7M kzbin.info/www/bejne/pnyzfaKOqcxjm6M kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3rYiqSAjranaNk kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqicY2lsps13gtE kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHXKqn2YmJtpqqs kzbin.info/www/bejne/bnaVomqwnNxqfKM kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2Lbc4hmmLp3aZI kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6nUpJWjp7aDl9E kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJSyk4GugcqIsM0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIubc4CgnNBlfqs kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGeaq3R5frZprrM kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaWoY31plJmGrac kzbin.info/www/bejne/gaWoY31plJmGrac kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4nYi3yeo5uphpY kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWmwnairbMp6kJI kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3iZq2l3f7GLb5Y kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5qld4honMSBfs0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ooOnpqp-rd-eopI kzbin.info/www/bejne/aomaYqSVnbZsp9E kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5XLZImBpbefi7M kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6uTcqWAZdxomKc kzbin.info/www/bejne/opm6hHiDjcprm9E kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6qZe5ljiZqNebM kzbin.info/www/bejne/raqWppqwabhlr5I

[@Tonyanagnos]

Katie Melua's CDs I find are worth listening to, very well recorded and she has an amazing voice. 'Ketevan' , 'Secret Symphony' , 'Piece by Piece' , 'Call off the Search'

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you for the suggestion 👍

[@1966MrAlex]

Amy Macdonald also.

[@dailyrum2203]

Thank you so much for this. I've been searching for suggestions like this for a really long time but today is the day I've finally found something useful. Please keep on doing more videos. Really thankful to you for this

[@MultiKas2010]

Amazing, Tarun is about 40 yo something in his own words. But he honors and enjoys a lot of albums from his father's generation as 60s, 70s.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you. I wish I had been around to experience the great music of the 60 and 70 first hand 😊👍

[@Coneman3]

We’re glad you weren’t as you’d problem be retired now 😉 and we’d not see your great channel.

[@photomusicman9413]

@@abritishaudiophile7314 I am glad I was around for 70s music. The production on the Carpenters albums and Abba albums was fantastic. A lot of Sixties music sounds dreadful.

[@sabbirs2423]

I am around the same age, grew up on a steady diet of classic rock and synth pop, picked up on hard bop and other stuff on my own.

[@NickT6630]

Great Selection of albums there!. Quite a few I have not heard yet. Here's my contribution... A blues band from Germany and possibly the only blues band from Germany! Audiophile standard. Blues Company Album: Ain't Nothing But Love the placement of the instruments on this Jazz album. Audiophile standard. John Coltrane Album: Stardust Excellent female soul singer. Excellent recording. Carole King Album: Tapestry. Folk, rock, Acoustic guitar, male singer, Excellent recordings. Jack Johnson Album: On and on A live album. Folk Acoustic guitar, Male singer, Excellent recordings Nils Lofgren Album: Acoustic live Live soul band. Excellent recordings. Tower of Power Album: Soul Vacation Live Country rock pop female singer. Excellent recordings. Paula Cole Album: Postcards from East Oceanside Greatest hits. Excellent blues rock. Excellent recordings. Walter Trout Album: Walter Trout and friends. This one might be hard to find. Traditional Cuban band music. I saw this band live at a festival and picked up their CD about 20 years ago. Audiophille recording. Asere Album: Destinos Maceo Parker was part of James Browns outfit and this live recording covering James Browns tracks is super funky and well recorded. Maceo Parker Album: Life On Planet Groove African Blues, Jazz. In a live setting. Audiophile standard. The last track is the icing on the cake. The vocals, sax, trumpet and builds with the drums is just awesome. Hugh Masekela Album: hope I could go on forever but I should probably stop.. I hope someone finds this of interest.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you. Great suggestions 😊

[@nespressoman]

I forgot to mention Hourglass by James Taylor. Listen to Gaia and be amazed.

[@photomusicman9413]

@Shawn Bennett You are shameful.

[@matthias4lupe]

I treated myself this holiday season and just few hours ago ordered my first proper hi-fi device - Kef ls50 wireless II-s :) So I watched this video and made a Tidal playlist at the same time inspired by Your recommendations and ended up with nearly 160 hours of great music to listen, plenty of it of it new to me. Thank You :)

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

That is great ! Thank you for watching and sharing Valdur 😊👍

[@normanspeckhan2978]

Please listen to Pink Floyd "A Momentary Lapse Of Reason" and "Division Bell" these will put your faith back in them Top notch recordings

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

I have then in high res on my hard drive but not on cd 😉

[@dafyddgriffiths9088]

Great tip for the pandit haraprasad chaurasia ,written on the wind .spot on thank you!

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

I love that album Dafydd. Thank you for watching 😊👍

[@stevenhoward3358]

No Grace Jones?

[@thomasalexand]

Yes, I was also surprised. I'm Not Perfect is a wonderful track and there's many to add to that such as Slave to the Rhythm.

[@johnspain2496]

Well worth the time invested. I discovered a few jewels I did not know about. Thanks

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you John

[@rahulbhatia3767]

It sounds amazing, however have you tried listening music on audiophile equipment with weed or psychedelics. I have beginner audiophile equipment and due to the pandemic I only have modafinil with me. Even with that, music sounds 10 times better to me. I think the sober mind is a little slow to hear all the intricacies of a musical composition in split seconds so the real power of audiophile equipment is inaccessible to it. However, people in the audiophile community are 50/50 on it as they think it’s very dangerous. Have you had any experience with this?

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Hi Rahul, I know is I am not American but I am going to take the 5th Amendment on this one. All I will say is the more relaxed you are the more likely you are to be able to enjoy your music 🍺🍺🍺

[@MrGorpm]

I would hazard a guess that "Psychedelics" feed your brain things that are not there in the first place. I have no need for such things as I can relax and enjoy music without the use of narcotics.

[@rahulbhatia3767]

Roy Mepham Thanks for the reply man. Its just that since hi-res audio has become affordable to many, people like me are able to listen to it and bring new prospectives. I’m sorry but I totally disagree with you on this. Psychedelics and Weed are actually great for music and even watching t.v. I’m not condoning it’s use since it might not be a good decision for some people but that’s why Rap music is advertised with Weed and Edm, House music with Mdma. Sober mind is slower for music and some of these “psychedelics” also release certain locked chemicals in the brain. This makes you hear music in a way you never heard before, bringing out the true power of audiophile equipment. Psychedelics aside from DMT do not cause you to see or hear anything that isn’t there, even with LSD all you see are breathing surfaces and distorted colors, the rest are daydreams if any. You can even experiment this with modafinil or Piracetam, just the appropriate dosage for starters and just notice how good the music sounds, it sounds tighter, faster paced, more immersive and you hear certain compositions that you haven’t heard before. Since its a nootropic and not a psychedelic, it’s easier to procure and will also give you an added bonus of increased awareness. Hope this helps.

[@Coneman3]

Drugs can also make ordinary things seem great. Try going out sober with a group of friends who are drinking or on drugs 😂. Having said that, I do believe some influence from drugs can give some deeper insights which the sober mind may not get. Also, some music probably is better when on drugs, but I suspect it isn’t about details, more the effect of the music.

[@zizendorf]

I want to Thank You! Due to this video I picked-up a copy of Ernest Ranglin "Below the Bass Line". Most excellent!!

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Eric 😊👍

[@matthewtodd3879]

Angus & julia stone ,gorgeous recordings

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thanks Matthew Todd

[@rayl7225]

Adele 21 is a horrible recording. Severely compressed. At least on the CD.

[@Simplyveej]

Ray L Perhaps it is not the recording. Maybe just her grating voice.

[@jcaff6963]

Thanks for recommending Ranglin. Just listened to the cd and saw Monty Alexander was on piano. What talent.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you JC 😊👍

[@gerardfletcher1203]

man great taste . eva cassidy live at blues ally brillant sara . bilie holliday

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank Gerard, I will check it out. Love Eva Cassidy. Any well recorded Nina Simone albums to recommend?

[@jamesproudlove1527]

My, what clarity & quality of sound your system produces. A joy to listen to!

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you James. Much appreciated 😊👍

[@davepastern]

Tarun, may I recommend: Anything by Linda Ronstadt - one of the great vocalists! I can't believe you didn't mention anything by her. That's a sin! The long Black veil by the Chieftains Aaron Neville - warm your heart Counting Crows - August and everything

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

You are right, she has a great voice. Thank you for sharing 😉

[@ryo_ohki9180]

Aaron Neville - warm your heart thanks a lot for this hint. luv u.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Ryo_Ohki. I appreciate your support 😉

[@davepastern]

@@abritishaudiophile7314 you're welcome!

[@davepastern]

@@ryo_ohki9180 it's a great album, his voice is on point.

[@markandersen5436]

Great video, Tarun. A few recent ones I can think of (on vinyl though) are: Spoon: Lucifer on the Sofa The Weather Station: Ignorance Wilderun: Veil of Imagination Kirsten Edkins: Shapes & Sounds

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Mark 😊

[@jpdj2715]

Paco de Lucía & John McLaughlin & Al di Meola - Friday Night in San Francisco

[@zizendorf]

I've got that trio on mint vinyl "Passion, Grace, and Fire". It's amazing quality - sound and performance!

[@dstjepan]

Big thank you!!! It took me a week to get trough this and add/arrange it within my playlists :-) Funny:. it does not have to be high-res to sound audiophile-level... so why bother? what is the difference 🙂 Thank you again! Great stuff... hope to see more about quality recordings...

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you my friend 😊

[@gt4viking789]

Buddy Guy: Blues singer = amazing recording for any audiophile 👍🏼

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thanks GT4Viking

[@mzondi1970]

@@abritishaudiophile7314 don't forget Elmore James Shake Your Money Maker

[@wa2368]

@@abritishaudiophile7314 Teddy bear? Pink cushion? You flippin on the other side?? Tis ok homie, luv ya still.

[@RSS1511]

A really good collection of CDs, and a great video !! Found the video informative, interesting and fun. Try Anouar Brahem's Blue Maqams really really good. Waiting for your Buchardt A500 review.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you. Hopefully not too long for the A500s now 😊👍

[@robertocastro4403]

I just discovered your videos, thanks! Great selection of CDs I have a bunch of them. Some others that I consider have amazing sound. Herbie Hancock Headhunters; Getz / Gilberto; Massive Attack Mezzanine, Protection; Andreas Vollenweider Caverna Magica, White Winds; Ryuichi Sakamoto Sweet Revenge... Cheers!

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Roberto for watching and your suggestions. I will check them out.

[@markperkins8548]

I'm like you, liking to have the tactile experience of owning the CDs and simply transferring the tracks we like onto our NAS and playing them through our Naim Superuniti over the Dynaudio Contour 3.0 speakers. I would be concerned for all the people who have paid for and only streamed their albums, should the provider suddenly change their rates or worse still shutdown.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

@@markperkins8548 thank for sharing Mark 😊

[@arnewoodman]

Just a couple of thoughts: you gallop through your collection, making comments like "good but not audiophile recording" but on greatest hits and 'best of' CDs surely quality varies according to different sources of the tracks? and you're covering material from the 1950's to the present day, not a level playing field. Then there's the issue of recordings being re-mixed for re-issue or simply for CD release. Remixes/remasters/re-issues are a minefield and perhaps too nerdy to get into, but picking two of your favourite CDs which I also have.... I notice a difference between (the same) tracks on original Sade Diamond Life and the Best of compilation..... and you rate the recording of Tori Amos Into the Pink very highly, I thought it was disappointing compared to the God remixes on CD. Mmmm - and thats what I call REAL REMIXES not just tweaking a few sliders and extending the play time.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Hi Arne, it was just a quick whistle stop tour of my CD collection and a very general run through if what I remembered as poor, average, good and great recordings. I didn’t really get into specifics. Thank you for watching.

[@gnomadification]

Hi Tarun, I have just discovered your channel and have enjoyed some of your insights. Seeing those Target stands brings a tear to my eye... I gave mine away with my Sonus Fabers that I sold last year. Didn’t appreciate how good they are compared to my KEF replacements. I made a big decision last year. The Krell amp also went, along with all the Transparent Audio cables. Even the Roksan CD player and ARCAM streamer. Why? Because I am ‘downsizing’. Why? Because the 2 most important factors for great sound are the listening room and the recording quality. You mentioned somewhere that a £2k system can sound better than a £250k system. Since buying my first Technics/Dual/Castle system at university nearly 40 years ago, I have drooled in hifi stores and hotel rooms over exotica that looks as good as it sounds. Now I have a £2k system and the simplicity that I increasingly appreciate as I get older and try to declutter. I opted for the KEF LS50 Wireless and a Qobuz Studio HiRes subscription (which they have just reduced from £25pm to £10pm). I also have Spotify which has a better interface and is more convenient for their variety of playlists and when listening in the car. I have to admit that even with my Sennheiser HD650s and the highly rated Xduoo TA-10 DAC/tube amp, the difference between the Qobuz and Spotify is minimal at best and nothing compared to what can be achieved in other areas. But that’s it. My sulking Gyrodec, that great looking turntable will probably end up on eBay while the boxes of cd’s and vinyl in the garage will probably end up going the same way. Except..! Most of the available recordings on the streaming services tend to be the newer remastered versions. Remastering is mostly about compression and loudness which, in my opinion and with a few notable exceptions, usually sounds worse to an audiophile than the original vinyl or CD. So, do I have to hook up a CD transport and turntable to my KEFs and leave the garage cluttered, or stick to the minimalist simplicity? The message to your subscribers Is that any half decent speakers hooked up to a half decent digital source will sound great if they are correctly positioned in a good listening room, while listening to a high quality recording. Unfortunately, shared living spaces rarely permit this and there is surprisingly little audiophile recording media out there but this is the cheapest (equipment wise) and most effective route to massive gains in the pursuit of audio nirvana. It makes the cleaning and dusting easier too!

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Hi gnomadification, I really enjoyed reading about your hifi journey. I am glad it worked out well in the end. I totally agree that the most important thing in any system is to get the speaker position right. I don’t know if you have seen my video on speaker set up but that was the reason I wanted to do the video. Thank you for watching and taking the time to share your experiences.

[@Sporting1210]

I'll take the risk of being rude now - this is not a very original collection bordering on being utterly boring Don't get me wrong its mostly good music (yesyes-it's subjective), but it's like having a collection of everything from several decades and genres, that was popular at a certain time or a certain kind of people were talking about and - Oscar Peterson one of the greatest BLUES pianists? i mean really? not even starting on that Bill Evans comment^^ I am having a REALLY hard to time to reign in my inner music-nazi here *sigh*

[@banana_junior_9000]

I agree. If this is your hobby, why has the arduous search discontinued?

[@ChrisFellin]

Outstanding! Thank you.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you for watching Chris 😊👍

[@thestr8jacket1]

Do audiophiles ever consider hip hop or electronic music? Beastie Boys, Kendrick Lamar and Chemical Brothers to name a few are excellent productions on vinyl.....

[@Sporting1210]

well, a certain John Darko does enjoy punk, minimal and Dub-Techno! He also makes his playlists public and is an adorable person - so check out his channel!

[@banana_junior_9000]

Absolutely! Atmosphere, Sims, Black Thought [and the Roots] and so many more.

[@rajkrish9347]

Hi Tarun, Raj here from Malaysia. Started following your channel recently as I'm rebuilding my system. Latest member being the Rel T7x largely due to your influence. Nice collection here...

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you. I hope you enjoy it Raj 👍

[@rogerwebb7501]

Hi Tarun, I suggested a few things on your 'Demo disc' video and since then discovered a couple more things you might like to try. For quite astonishing 'there-in-the-studio' sound and vocal presence 'Skinny', the opening track on 'Hit me hard and Soft' by Billie Eilish...not normally my sort of thing, but this has to be heard (make sure your subwoofer's on and everything's tied down!). A lovely jazz piano trio recording is the Ray Brown Trio's 'Live at Sculler's'. This, of course, features Ray's 4 string bass in this Telarc 'Jazz' series album, try the 2nd track 'En Estate'....the timbre of the bass (he goes down to the open bottom E natural c. 41hz) is beautifully caught, and Benny Green on piano is amazing as usual!

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

@@rogerwebb7501 thx for sharing 😊

[@synth505]

I frequent the Steve Hoffman forums for informarion regarding best source/mastering of recordings. Anything Steve Hoffman has mastered Ive been extremely happy with. Some of the older DCC albums draw quite a premium but if he has mastered one of your favorite albums, its worth the coin. Source is always important. I enjoy many of the SACDs that MOFI puts out. The majority are sourced from the original master tapes but the mastering can be hit or miss depending on who did it. Their releases of the Dire Straits catalogue have been quite nice. Also, check out Analogue Production SACD releases. Their Pink Floyd 5.1 mixes have been fantastic. These are hybrid discs, so they have a red book layer and have stereo mixes as well. Love your channel. Thanks.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you 👍

[@chevyimp5857]

Great informal ramble .. thanks for this..

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you 😊👍

[@d.s.6268]

Generally speaking, I think that Eagles CD might be the best sounding CD I've ever heard, but surprisingly, one album that comes close imo is some random Eric Clapton collection titled "Clapton Chronicles - The best of Eric Clapton" Which I never hear being talked about as a super audiophile CD, but to my ears it is. Highly recommend it. Thanks for a fantastic video.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

@@d.s.6268 thank you 👍

[@brown-eyedman4040]

And isn't this why we have high quality systems? So we can actively listen to music with all it's emotional content. Two current favorites : Commander Cody, 'Lost in the Ozone'. Clean recording of honky-tonk music with piano, fiddle, pedal steel and guitar. Just beautiful music and recording. The Essential Bo Diddley. One of the fathers of rock and roll. Classic Chess recording quality. All done in the analogue domain.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

I totally agree. Thank you for sharing your suggestions. I will check them out. 😉

[@donde2k]

Mary Black singing Song for Ireland - I could listen to that on a 78 on a Crosley set and it would still bring tears to my eyes.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

I have a few of her albums - great voice 😊

[@Airwatcher]

Thanks for this, Tarun. Lovely video that I found entertaining, interesting, and informative. Added some of your music to my Amazon HD library but have not had time yet to listen. Looking forward. I wonder if you’ve heard Boz Scagg’s album Dig? I discovered this album recently (thanks Paul McGowan), and it’s become a favorite. I think it’s a wonderfully recorded album of terrific material with deep, deep bass (esp. Thanks to You) that will test the limits of a system’s low frequency extension. Cheers . . .

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Larry. I have heard that album. It is great and you are absolutely right about the sound quality 😊👍

[@aussie8114]

Check out Boz Scaggs live album called Greatest Hits Live. It’s also available on DVD. I don’t think I can remember seeing a concert with musicians performing so brilliantly together.

[@caldrumr]

You put a big smile on my face when you mentioned Hell Freezes Over. One of the best-sounding albums around, and in my personal opinion, probably the best live rock concert ever put onto disc. However, if you ever take a peek at what the tracks look like, you'll notice that it is ridiculously highly compressed, and has some clipping. Sad but true. And the "remaster" isn't any better. If you ever want to get a nice, uncompressed version, reach out to me; I have some tips. Still sounds great either way though! Thanks for the list.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Hi caldrumr, it is one of my favourite albums. God knows how many times I have listened to it but I can tell it has be heavily processed and compressed. Still sounds great though. I would love to know where you can get an even better sounding version. Thank you for watching 😉👍

[@caldrumr]

@@abritishaudiophile7314 Probably only serious (read: overkill) Eagles fans like myself will be interested. It drove me nuts that I couldn't get a good copy of this album, because it's one of the best of all time. Every version, including the remaster is compressed to the point of clipping. The same can be said for the Dolby DVD that is very common. However, if you find a copy of the older non-Dolby (DTS-only) DVD, the PCM track on that particular copy is pristine. ASIN 6305301107. I used a program called Audacity to then extract these tracks to FLAC. And what you get is awesome, dynamic uncompressed tracks.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you caldrumr. I have the DVD as well but not your DTS version. Will have to track it down and do as you suggest. Thank you for letting me know 😉👍

[@cortlandcoleman5537]

Thank you for this video. Many great recommendations but one that struck me was Ernest Ranglin. Never heard of him before nor any of his music. Streamed "Below the Bassline" and instantly fell in love, wonderful instrumental music. I let this great release play and suddenly came upon "Nana's Chalk Pipe." Hold on a second! Is this the same "Nana's Chalk Pipe" that Steve Kimock regularly covers?!?! Of course! Yet another deep musical connection is made. Thanks, ABA, keep up the good work!

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you CC. Much appreciated. I will be checking out Nana’s Chalk Pipe. Thank you for sharing 😊👍

[@gerardfletcher1203]

thanks for taking the the time . enjoyed the journey

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thanks you for watching and commenting Gerard.

[@johnnystrachan9454]

Great vids you post ,really enjoy them ,I did go and buy the best 50 classical pieces and although the selection is fantastic I wouldn’t call it a good audiophile recording,is there different versions as my copy doesn’t seem anything special:(

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you 😊

[@brandonburr4900]

This was excellent and deserves future installments! After all the music is why we are here! We share a lot of music in common. More relatable than say stuff from darko channel. Some music I'm not sure was mentioned was Tom Petty, Jeff Lynn, elo, anything Alan parsons,Enya, Jackson browne,wallflowers, Kenny g, Dave Matthews band,Crosby stills and Nash, tears for fears, crowded house, Chicago, rem, guns n roses, seal,bee gees,beach boys, Glenn Campbell, stix, reo speedwagon, Lenard Cohen and many others I'm forgetting. Glad you mentioned Kenny Rogers and country music. A lot of of it is decently recorded. Stuff from say Vince gill is all recorded well. Lots of good country out there with some soul. Try some stuff from Keith urban, Eric church, or lady a. Thanks and hope to see more videos as you add or discover more music!

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Brandon for the great suggestions. Some I was aware of and others I will have to check out. Thank you for sharing 😉👍

[@ericlawrie7044]

Brilliant insights and what a collection! When you record your CDs onto your hard drive, what file format do you use?

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you. Normally WAV 😊

[@johnsimpson8187]

I enjoyed this video and plan to look into many of your suggestions. Can you please let me know your recommendations on (1) the format that you rip CDs to hard drive, and (2) the software tool that you use to perform CD ripping?

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you for watching John. I rip in WAV but to be honest as long as it is lossless, FLAC and ALAC are just as good. I use dB Poweramp to rip which checks the quality of the rip so you know if it has been done satisfactorily.

[@RafeLavine]

Hi Tarun. Nice to see that your channel isn't exclusively about kit! So glad you highlighted the Ernest Ranglin - a spot on recording with a proper bottom end! You may already be familiar with some of these but here are a few other recommendations: 1) As you're a Blues fan, you might enjoy John Martyn's "The Church With one Bell" and the acoustic outing from James Cotton titled "Deep In The Blues" produced by John Snyder and engineered by Jay Newland - in fact anything produced and/or engineered by Snyder/Newland is worth a listen (e.g. Jeanie Bryson's "Some Cats Know" on Telarc). 2) Zakir Hussein's "Making Music with John McLaughlin et al on ECM. 3) Patricia Barber's "Modern Cool" (a revelation) or perhaps Emilie-Claire Barlow's "The Beat Goes On". Another Jay Newland engineering job worthy of mention is "Beyond The Missouri Sky" from Chalie Haden and Pat Metheny. Thanks for the great work - it's down to earth and straightforward with no snobbery attached. Always welcome for me.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Rafe. Great suggestions. I am familiar with some, others I will check out. Thank you for sharing 😊👍

[@derekallan1341]

Raef you did not play your famous Led Zep intro!!

[@nickscott6139]

I found your channel only last week. Love it. Zakir Hussein -Making Music. Lovely fusion of Indian music and soft jazz. Can't believe you didn't mention Bonnie Raitt in the blues section. Her version of the John Prine classic "Love Has No Pride" is sublime. Beth Orton CD-Trailer Park Thank you

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Nick. I haven’t heard Bonnie’s version of that song. I will check it out. That is one of the great things about doing this channel. I learn new things all the time. 😉👍

[@nickscott6139]

I hope your not disappointed, Tarun. Her version of "Angel from Montgomery" also worth a listen. Duets with the likes of Sippy Wallace, Jackson Browne, Norah Jones to name but a few. But I'm a huge fan of Bonnie's, so a bit biased.

[@richardherbert3519]

Another very interesting video. Keep up the great work. Any news on topping d90 dac.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you. Richard, nothing as yet. I suspect because it has been out a while the distributor isn’t too bothered about sending it 😉👍

[@Bob-us9di]

Thanks for that list - many of these I will be checking out. I wanted, as you asked(!), to mention what others may consider as great recordings. I have several I could mention - but standing above all the others is from opera. This is the Decca studio recordings of Wagner's 'Ring Cycle' - four operas (and 20 hours of music) with the first opera (Das Rheingold) recorded 1958 and the last (Gotterdammerung) in 1966. Decca used possibly the greatest orchestra of the day (Vienna Philharmonic), the finest Wagnerian singers, the best acoustic sounding venue - moreover Decca created new microphone arrays and new recording techniques. It was such an expensive venture that, reputedly, Decca only broke even on those recordings in the 1980s - certainly it's never been repeated. There are also several pressings of the LPs and at least 4 remasterings in various formats - CD and HIgh-Res. It is a truly unique recording - by the very best musicians and engineers in the business with the finest equipment. Start with the very beginning of Rheingold - turn the lights down very low, with total quiet in the house and a system that does justice to the rumblings of massed double-basses as the river Rhine passes through your sound-stage!

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Bob 👍

[@colmandonnelly1550]

Most Daniel Lanois albums are beautiful recordings and decent material. Cassandra Wilson very fine recordings. Also on the blues check out the soundtrack of The Hot Spot, Miles Davis, John Lee Hooker, Taj Mahal, Roy Rogers.

[@kennethyoung1485]

Great collection, consider these... Flim & the BBs, Tricycle, super dynamics Muddy Waters, Hard Again, Johnny Winter bonus Emmylou Harris, Cimarron, sweet vocals Anita Baker, Rapture, well recorded Ricky Scaggs, Don’t get above your raisin’, Bluegrass hero Thanks again for sharing.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Kenneth 😊👍

[@timothyoconnell9995]

Tarun, Just started listening to your Audio System Series, most recently your favorite recordings. Thanks for the series. And its always good to hear from a J.J. Cale fan. He has been a favorite since I*first bought “Naturally”. Here are two artists I have heard playing during the credits of two movies: I searched both artists. The Accountant: Sean Rowe - Album “New Lore” Great Lyrics good production. Heard him live in Fort Collins, CO for $20. He is a player! A “B” detective movie. Livia Ferri - Album “Taking Care”. Very good quality recording. Good vibe Her band is tight. Solid lyrics. Discovering her was way better than the movie. She is from Rome. Its hard to tell though. Have you heard “Heigh Ho” by Blake Mills, especially “I’m Not Worthy". One of those you really like but don”t know why, you just do. Sorry about the clipped text. I was an engineer by trade. Thanks again, Tim O’Connell Loveland, Colorado

[@HessuKK]

Hi, I hardly ever write any comments on youtube, but I wanted to thank for this channel and this particular video. I wasn't actually meant to watch this video, but I'm glad I did. It's a heat wave here and couldn't get any sleep last night so I just let it play automatically and found a few really nice artists that are new to me. Tony Joe White is one of those, I can't believe I haven't listened to his recordings before. Incredibly good music, can't thank enough.. To give something back, I warmly recommed to check out Anette Askvik, found her music just a while back too. Getting goose bumps every time I listen to her. My favourite songs from her are "Liberty" and "Under the tallest tree". cheers and greetings from Finland

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you my HessuKK. I appreciate you watching and sharing your suggestion 😊👍

[@drtonydavis]

Wow. Brilliant recommendation. Loving this 🙏

[@martinconlon2673]

Nina Simone recommendation is "Pastel Blues". I have it on vinyl (Philips stereo) and it sounds superb. Not even an expensive version either. Thank you for going through your collection. i have added a number of your recommendations to a new playlist on Qobuz for myself to try out.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Martin. Will check out that recording 😊👍

[@truthbetoldni]

I have a half decent system. Just last week, upgraded my CD player to Musical Fidelity A5 CD to go with my A5 Amp. Older Dynaudio Contour 2 Floor Standers. A Hi Fi fanatic for 45 years lol. Love your collection. I was late getting into Jazz, but love these few test albums. Oscar Peterson Trio - We Get Requests. (on Verve Label ) Humphrey Lyttelton and his Band - Beano Boogie ( Calligraph Records ) Track 11 Very last note of 11 minute track will knock you out. lol.. Billie Holiday - Compact Jazz (Also on Verve ) (Ben Webster on Sax) Also use Eva Cassidy - LIve at Blues Alley. Fantastic recording. Got to mention Shawn Colvin - Steady On. Another great Album.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

That is a lovely system truthbetoldni and thank you for your suggestions. I will check them out as they are some of my favourite artists 😉👍

[@rolandszimeiszter3565]

Great video as always, thanks Tarun for sharing. Since you've asked, below some stuff I listen to: One of my favourite modern jazz musician is Nils Frahm, everything that I've heard so far is very well recorded. Olafur Arnalds similar style, good friends these two, made some recordings together as well. On piano, bit more classical - Alexei Lubimov and Valentin Silvestrov are quite stunning I find. In Jazz I love Midnight Sugar from Tsuyoshi Yamamoto Trio, or the Esbjörn Svensson Trio, or Chat Baker along the ones you've already mentioned. Yello is quite fun to listen to especially the Flag, Baby and the Essential. Time Flies and Night Owls from Vaya Con Dios are great albums I think. And I must mention Breakfast in America from Supertramp - especially the deluxe edition with live recordings - amazing energy. Also latest album - Happier Than Ever - from Billie Eilish has one of the greatest soundstage I've heard.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Roland. I appreciate your suggestions. Some I am not aware of and will check them out 😊👍

[@mcd8528]

Apologies if you covered this and I missed it, but I highly recommend checking out Susanne Sundfor. She is a Norwegian singer-songwriter who also produces much of her music, and her voice is dazzling. Incredible range, full of soul, and the music she makes is very audiophile friendly with great production and wonderful instrumentation. To help you dip your toes into the pool, here's my starter tracklist: 1. Undercover - Live at the Barbican 2. Mountaineers - Music for People in Trouble 3. Leikara Ljoo - Blomi 4. Memorial - 10 Love Songs 5. If You Want Me - Profound Mysteries (Royksopp feat. Susanne Sundfor)

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you for sharing. I will check them out 👍

[@sylvainrouillard9993]

Tarun, I am impressed by the breadth of your musical tastes....and by your « storage » system....is this a compromise with your dear one so you don’t encumber the living room 🙂. I also notice that you don’t seem to be a vinyl lover 😐. Thanks for sharing, I took careful notes of your suggestions.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Sylvain. We both felt the CDs took up too much space in the cases. I sold my turntable back in the 90s 😢

[@clivepacker]

Have lots in common with your list. I’d add Mark Knopfler’s Local Hero soundtrack and pretty much any of his solo albums, they’re all well recorded. On the classical side Holst’s Planets on Decca with the Montreal Symphony is a fantastic recording, and Four Sea Interludes by Benjamin Britten on Chandos with the Ulster Orchestra is a great test piece; the opening for strings is beautifully done and the fourth movement “Storm” will exercise a system as the name suggests. And another favourite is Fennell and the Cleveland Symphonic Winds Holst and Handel on Telarc, the first commercial digital recording ever made in the US. “The bass drum heard around the world.”

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you. I will check out those suggestions 😊

[@legrandmaitre7112]

Nice eclectic collection you have there Tarun. My favourite Van Morrison CDs are "Poetic Champions Compose" and of course "Irish Heartbeat".

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Hi legrandmaitre, I will check them out. Have your heard New York Sessions by Van Morrison. Some great tracks on it .

[@legrandmaitre7112]

I haven't got that one. I'm not so keen on his early recordings - hard to explain. I'll have to learn how to make youtube vids. I have quite a big collection, about 3000 CDs I think, just over 1000 LPs. I'm not doing the streaming thing now, I'm too old (!) but I think it's a great way to explore music.

[@AlOne-xg6dv]

I particularly appreciated Joan Osborne. Rich voice, heavy music. Thanks.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Great 👍

[@robcaputo9708]

Great video, thank you

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Rob 👍

[@michaelhaynes4857]

Hi, I am enjoying watching your videos. Storage is always a problem! You mentioned that you transferred your cd's to a hard drive, a simple question, what programme do you use and what format do you use?

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you. I used dB Poweramp in uncompressed FLAC 😊

[@michaelhaynes4857]

@@abritishaudiophile7314Many thanks for your speedy reply, continue the good work!

[@henriksrensen3220]

Many fine sounding blues albums. A couple: 1,Junior Wells, Come On In This House. 2,Keb Mo and Taj Mahal, TajMo

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Henrik 😊👍

[@idz3]

Hey Tarun really liked this episode & thank you for sharing the music & the quality of recordings. I have a couple of requests given the time you could only share some of your collection, is there a way you could share more, maybe just a list that you publish. My second request is maybe you could do another shorter episode on your Jazz & blues collection a bit more in detail. As you can make you i am a Jazz & Blues fan. Wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for doing this & look forward to more such episodes.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Hi Indrajit, thank you for the suggestion. I think it is a great idea to do a follow up video. I spend a lot of time listening to Jazz and Blues these days. Thank you for you kind words. I really appreciate your support.

[@yvesboutin5604]

Sometimes we love an artist, his or her energy, delivery etc, even if the recording is less than stellar. One of my favorite is Mike Oldfield. His tubular bells series are some of the most inventive pieces of music. Greatly underrated ! David Bowie's music is very inconsistant, some are great and some are very poor. A pity! Thanks for sharing your passion with us.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you for sharing your’s too 😊👍

[@michaelpaul9672]

How the hell did I watch this whole video?? Great job sir!...When you brought out discs that I was familiar with, you were on point! Then I got locked in. God bless!

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thanks Michael, well done for getting through the whole thing. When I started I thought it might be 15 to 20 minutes. When I realised it was going to take a lot longer, it was a case of “well I have started now so I may as well carry on.”

[@nicallen2137]

Picked up the Ranglin album the other day nice recommendation. The production on this album did things to my stereo I didn't think was possible. I've always thought alot of the reggae stuff is well produced Sounds great thx

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Holden. I love every track on that album. A real gem 😉👍

[@robmills537]

Hi Tarun really enjoyed watching this video a real insight of your musical taste ,just got Letter to you by the Boss a great album highly recommend it, no REM in your collection Tarun your missing out mate.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Rob. Is that a new Bruce Springsteen album? You are right, I never really got into REM, Radiohead, etc. I do enjoy some of their music though. Thank you for watching and commenting 😊👍

[@ZERO-CAPACITANCE]

Excellent presentation

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you 😊👍

[@manashs5290]

Hi Tarun, this is absolutely brilliant. I follow your channel. How do you transfer from CD to hard-drive - do you lose resolution? I have a 1000s of CDs - 90% of these are poorly recorded. I think Gordon Lightfoot and Tommy are very well recorded. Yes Dire Straits is much well recorded than any of Pink Floyd or Rolling Stones or the Beatles.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Manash. I use dB Poweramp to rip my CDs in lossless FLAC 👍

[@lold6130]

I was lucky enough to see Bob Marley live twice. Superb! Joni Mitchell's Hejira is an excellent album. Have you heard Pink Moon by Nick Drake? One of my top 5 albums. 50 Greatest Live Albums of All Time: Nina Simone’s ‘At Town Hall’ (1959). Art Tatum greatest jazz pianist of all time. No contest!

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

I am jealous. Would over to have seen Bob Marley live 😊

[@honeychurchgipsy6]

Thanks for turning me on to Ernest! I can highly recommend Darkside 'Psychic' Album just sounds transcendent on a good system and musically very very interesting and brilliant arrangements.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you. I will check it out 😉

[@honeychurchgipsy6]

@@abritishaudiophile7314 Thanks for taking time out to reply to my comment sir. They are very generous soundclouders -soundcloud.com/daftside-2 Their is a free remix of Daft punk's Random access uploaded , which is quite a fun listen, along with Pychic. But Pychic needs a hi def to really really enjoy it and your system :)

[@dazz1566]

A few of those albums you have, I own. I have a DSD rip of a kind of blue and it’s spectacular. A lot of audiophile quality artists like Nora Jones, Diane Krall and Eva Cassidy I’ve picked up on cd from charity shops up here in the east for like 25 or 50p each. For classical quality recordings, try the Deutsche Gramaphone label. I’ve picked up about ten CDs of that label for pennies. The sound quality is mega. A cpl of audiophile channel recommends. Baraka PDub is one. The other is John Darko. Thanks for the up. And I’m actually not an audiophile. Stay safe.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Hi Darren, thank you for the suggestions. I have Kind of Blue on CD and it sound very good so can only imagine the DSD version. Maybe, need to stop imagining and get it. I will check out the Deutsche Gramaphone label as well. On a separate note, I believe we need to claim back the word “audiophile” for the masses. It is why I named my channel, “A British Audiophile.” In my book, if you love music and care about sound quality, then you are an audiophile. It has nothing to do with what equipment you have got. It is unfortunate that this snobby attitude has held our hobby back for as long as it has. Steve Gutenberg, John Darko, Joe N Tell, hopefully myself and other KZbinrs help a little in this regard by the way we run our channels. Thank you for watching and sharing 👍

[@jiteshchohan3193]

Great video Tarun. I’d recommend to check out the following CD’s, Talvin Singh - OK AR Rahman - Dil Se

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you Jitesh. I have some Talvin Singh but not that album. I will check them both out 😉👍

[@emptywig]

So glad to see the Ernest Ranglin recommendation. I bought it on its release and it has remained one of my favorites all these years later. I would also recommend his next record, In Search of the Lost Riddim. Brilliant. Love the vids! Keep up the great work. I'd also recommend you check out Macy Gray's "Stripped" on Chesky Records. A recording by audiophiles for audiophiles. Its brilliant.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you for watching and sharing your suggestions emptywig. I will check them out 👍

[@kobush18]

Very nice collection of cd's good taste and certainly diverse Which cd player do you use? 👍

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you. I was using an Exposure CD player back then 😊

[@tjerome1683]

Awesome collection. Very wide ranging and somewhat eclectic. I was starting to think that I was one of the few people left that still maintain a large CD collection. Unless you did not mention them, I am a bit surprised that you did not mention any Alan Parson, or Pink Floyd. Both got me hooked on complex orchestral mixes that will definitely show the weaknesses of an inferior audio system.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Thank you TJ. I have Alan Parson and Pink Floyd on my hard drive with some high res recordings and vinyl rips but not on CD 😊👍

[@dazz1566]

Oh, one more thing. Look out for a band called Sky. Their self titled first album will make your system sing. Friend of mines dad had huge Sony separates early 80s hooked to two absolute behemoth Mission Speakers.The first teach on the first album called Westway. As soon as the drums come in, it’s earth shattering! One more recommended before I crash out. Get Mezzanine by Massive Attack. Well recorded. Big sound space.And the track Black Milk will test your low end. And talking of low end, get Rythm and stealth by Leftfield. Not only did it take five years to make. But the bass on that album needs a life sentence. The track called Swords is the one with disturbing bass. Happy listening.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

I am no Tidal now, trying to find them. Thank you once again 👍

[@dieterleonard2309]

Thank you so much for this video. One question: when hearing the Art Pepper Album the soundstage is very strange. Art Pepper is playing far on the left but the other musicians (piano, bass, drums) together all far away on the right without much space between them. In the center there is ... nothing. Do I have a problem with my system or is this the specificity of this recording? Thanks and best regards👍

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

I have the same album. It is a great album but the positioning of performers is odd like you describe. Thank you for watching Dieter 😊👍

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[@mallydraycott1870]

Great video,new subscriber here.Agree with Dire Straits,Love Over Gold is superbly recorded.The Slide Area by Ry Cooder is up there with the best and would be awesome through your system.I can h ighly recommend Fear Inoculum by Tool.great recording and Danny Carey's drumming will blow you away with your Exposure amps.

[@abritishaudiophile7314]

Hi Mally, thank you for the suggestions. I will check them out 😉👍

[@CrixMadine]

Love Over Gold is brilliant. I always test headphones with Private Investigations