What are your reference recordings?

[jsetliff]

Multi-Channel:
Talking Heads - Remain In Light - DVD Audio 5.1 96/24 from the Talking Heads Brick package
Steely Dan - Two Against Nature - DVD Audio 5.1
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily - DVD Audio 5.1
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration - DVD Audio DTS 5.1 96/24 UK import (European region on DVD player)
Depeche Mode - Violator - DVD Audio DTS 5.1 96/24 UK import (European region on DVD player)
Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses - DVD DTS 5.1 96/24 (Collectors Edition)
Lucinda Williams - Live from Austin TX (Austin City Limits) DVD Video DTS 5.1
Eagles - Hell Freezes Over - DVD Video DTS 5.1
Diana Krall - When I Look In Your Eyes - SACD multi-channel
Alison Kraus and Union Station - New Favorite - SACD multi-channel
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms - SACD multi-channel
Pink Floyd - Division Bell - Bluray DTS Master Audio 96/24 (think this came from immersion box set)
Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Live at Radio City - Bluray Dolby True HD 5.1 96/24
John Mayer - Where The Light Is - Bluray DTS HD Master Audio 5.1 96/24
Talking Heads - Stop Making Sense - Bluray DTS HD Master Audio 5.1

2-Channel
Tracy Chapman - first album - CD stereo
Tracy Chapman - Telling Stories - CD stereo
Tears For Fears - The Seeds of Love - CD stereo
Pet Shop Boys - Behavior - CD stereo
Coldplay - Ghost Stories - FLAC 44.1khz/24bit Stereo download from HDTracks
Depeche Mode - Construction Time Again - FLAC 44.1khz/24bit Stereo download from HD Tracks
Elton John - Captain Fantastic - DSD 2.8Mhz Stereo download from HD Tracks
Willie Nelson - Stardust - DSD 2.8Mhz Stereo download from HD Tracks
B-52's - first album - FLAC 192khz/24bit Stereo download from HDTracks
Talk Talk - The Color of Spring - FLAC 96khz/24bit Stereo - download from HDTracks



I have a 5.1 system with 4 Ethos (L,R,LSur,RSur), Stage-X C, and Velodyne DD-18+ sub.

 

[stuwee]

Trio II, Linda, Dolly and Emmylou, WoW!! So sad that Linda can't sing anymore, she hits some notes that makes every hair on your body stand up!! 'High Sierra' and of course, 'After the Gold Rush' should wreck your last good nerve!! When the universe takes me home, my will states that the Logans are drug out to Gates Pass in Tucson to blast out this recording at sunset...

 

[bikerneil]

I was looking for this old thread, and am glad to have found it. I have purchased many of the recommendations above.

My top favorites are
- Diana Krall - Live In Paris, and The Girl in The Other Room
- Linda Rondstadt & Nelson Riddle Orchestra - What's New

One CD I don't see above, which is outstanding is: Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle - One From The Heart (track: This One's From The Heart is special).

I also can listen to many of the Pink Floyd and Roger Waters discs for hours.....