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5 discs you'd bring to the demo room.

Last post Nov 17, 2008, 4:36 PM by Spacehopper. (22 replies)
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Posted on Oct 03, 2008, 12:30 PM

5 discs you'd bring to the demo room.

You've busted a  gut with overtime, canceled the gym membership you never used after January and flogged that pro logic amp on ebay that you left in your mums attic.

Now with knowledge hoovered up from reviews,forums and experience of previouse models ,you head to your trusty dealer for the audition.What five discs do you bring? Heres mine.

 

Pink Floyd - Dark side of the Moon. 

Charlie Mingus - ah um

Dire Straits - Money for nothing

Prodigy - Music For jilted generation

Carlos Santana- Black magic woman

Posted on Oct 03, 2008, 1:14 PM

136599

Re: 5 discs you'd bring to the demo room.

leftfield- leftism


ocean colour scene-moseley shoals


prodigy-fat of the land


rage against the machine-rage against the machine


ozric tentacles-pungent effulgent

arcam a32/p35,roksan kandy mkiii,b&w 684's,tacima cs929,
dell inspiron,beresford tc7510 dac
chord carnival silverscreen
chord crimson interconnects x2
chord prodac pro-digital x2

Posted on Oct 03, 2008, 2:19 PM

136612

Re: 5 discs you'd bring to the demo room.

rage against the machine will raise an eye brow or 2 !!

Posted on Oct 03, 2008, 2:26 PM

136639

Re: 5 discs you'd bring to the demo room.

I use these a lot:

Bob Marley & The Wailers - Exodus

Four Tet - Rounds

The People's Choice - I Likes To Do It

Brian Eno - Another Green World

Chick Corea - Return To Forever

Simon Lucas
First Tests Editor, What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision

Posted on Oct 03, 2008, 3:44 PM

136647

Re: 5 discs you'd bring to the demo room.

I see where you're coming from with Bob Marley. I am legend on blu ray springs to mind.I think there is an anniversary c.d edition out as well.

Posted on Oct 03, 2008, 5:00 PM

136639

Re: 5 discs you'd bring to the demo room.

coolaboola:
rage against the machine will raise an eye brow or 2 !!
yeah i know, used it to demo in the past, and it did raise an eyebrow, but it's an album i know ,back to front and inside out, as it were.
arcam a32/p35,roksan kandy mkiii,b&w 684's,tacima cs929,
dell inspiron,beresford tc7510 dac
chord carnival silverscreen
chord crimson interconnects x2
chord prodac pro-digital x2

Posted on Oct 03, 2008, 5:51 PM

136699

Re: 5 discs you'd bring to the demo room.

For the moment.

REM . Automatic for the People

Aphex Twin - Selected ambient works

Sepultura - Chaos AD

Sigur Rós - Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust 

Damien Rice - O 

And I've just got to wonder what my Daddy would've done
If he'd seen the way they turned his dream around
I've got to go by what he told me, try to tell the truth
And stand your ground

Posted on Oct 03, 2008, 10:22 PM

136599

Re: 5 discs you'd bring to the demo room.

Leslie Feist - Let it Die
A Love Supreme
Clapton - Slowhand
Grateful Dead - American Beauty
and the planets suite.
Pre: Linn Wakonda
Power: Linn LK85 & LK100
Speakers: Mission 731 Pros (from the way-back machine)
TT: Pro-Ject Xpression III
TV: Samsung LN32A450
BDP: Sony PS3

Posted on Oct 03, 2008, 11:03 PM

136830

Re: 5 discs you'd bring to the demo room.

Leftfield - Leftism

Carry on up the charts - Beautiful South

Sleep through the static - Jack Johnson

Credit to the edit - Greg Wilson

Amplified Heart - Everything but the girl

 

Arcam CD192/A85/P85/T61/DV79 biamped into Dali Ikon 6 speakers in the lounge and ProAc Tablette Reference 8 Signatures in the kitchen. Merlin and RA Mains cables, QED speaker cable and IXOS/Crystal Cable/vdh interconnects.

Posted on Oct 04, 2008, 12:32 AM

136854

Re: 5 discs you'd bring to the demo room.

"Night Ride Home" - Joni Mitchell
"Face Value" - Phil Collins
Black Album - Metallica
"A Trick of the Tail" - Genesis (original Japanese Atco release)
"The Rite of Spring" - Stravinksy (can't recall the particular recording offhand, but it's good!)



Rega P3 & AT 440MLa / Marantz SA7001 KI-S CD / Marantz PM6010 KI-S amp / Mission 733i floorstanders / Audioquest Type IV / Nordost Blue Heaven

Posted on Oct 04, 2008, 8:02 AM

136876

Re: 5 discs you'd bring to the demo room.

morcheeba - big calm.  That deals with almost everything above bass.


lisa lashes extreme euphoria, as ive played it to death and a few tracks are very layered and very fast/hard in the bass.


 


Thats all i need except a car audio test cd that came free with a mag. Not really music.


 

Electrician from nottingham. pio pds703 cd. arcam 8r amp. tdl t-line 3 speakers. Morel transmission lines. silver aniversary speaker cable. Tempory swaps most welcome.

Posted on Oct 07, 2008, 10:16 AM

136599

Re: 5 discs you'd bring to the demo room.

Tracy Chapman (from April 88) - lyrically fantastic sound


Ben Webster (Verve years) - aching saxophone


Black eyed peas - Monkey business (bass, volume & thrash)


Hi-fidelity Lounge Volume 3 - all round acoustics


Acoustic Love - no credibility but sounds good Smile 

Thanks - Russ from Cheshire
Hifi: Onkyo 606, Kef Q5SE's
AV: Tosh 42WLT66, Onkyo 606, Celestion/Kef 501 x5 gale sub, harmony 555 remote.
Gadjets & gaming: X-360, Wii, PS3, DS, ipod nano.

Posted on Oct 07, 2008, 10:32 AM

136599

Re: 5 discs you'd bring to the demo room.

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream (because I know it inside out)

Fugees - The Score (good for low end test)

Massive Attack - Mezzanine (know this one inside out too)

Radiohead - OK Computer (very intricate)

And one new one,

Burial - Untrue (the mercury nominee - Ive been listening to this a lot since I bought it and it sounds great on my existing system)

 

 

 

Posted on Oct 09, 2008, 7:48 PM

137987

Re: 5 discs you'd bring to the demo room.

Mogwai - My Father My King

Shellac - 1000 Hurts

The Bug - London Zoo

John Martyn - Solid Air

Boards of Canada - Music Has the Right to Children
AVI Lab series cdp & int amp, AVI Duo spkrs, Project Debut tt, NAD PP1 phono st, Yamaha KX393 tape dk, Sony Bravia 32" lcd, Sky HD, Toshiba sd220e cheapo dvd, Sharp vhs, CA Pacific IC, generic 6mm ofc spkr cable

Posted on Oct 10, 2008, 11:16 PM

138939

Re: 5 discs you'd bring to the demo room.

AC/DC - Back In Black


BT - This Binary Universe


Leftfield - Leftism


Murcof - Cosmos


Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

I like beer.
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