Helloween---Straight Out Of Hell

in flac

John Mayer - Continuum.

Iron Maiden---Killers

Lake Street Dive has a new Live video on YouTube from this year's Pickathon. Nice sound quality...I'm cranking it up!

Thanks, Mark!

One of the rare occasions I sit down and listen to my main system. M80s and QS8s are really quite nice... especially after acclimating myself to my car's factory stereo.

Of course, since I'm listening to AACs here, rather than CDs in the car, the sound is much worse than it is in the car.

What's most remarkable to me is how WIDE the image is, even with *just* M80s and QS8s (ie, not LFRs) in DPLII.

Fun stuff!

Ray LaMontagne - God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise
Saw him live at Bonaroo a few years ago. Love all his output to date.

Bat for Lashes - The Haunted Man. Love her voice.

After buying a couple of Spyro Gyra SACDs ('Wrapped in a Dream' & 'Good to Go-Go') from ebay, I've been browsing there for some more bargains. Unfortunately, most are priced ridiculously high there lately plus shipping costs now seem to be off the clock.

In desperation, I went into SG's website & found 3 more SACD releases for $20 each plus $12 shipping so I ordered them - 'In Modern Times' (2001); 'Original Cinema' (2002); & 'The Deep End' (2004). All are on the 'Heads Up' label (TELARC affiliate). I prefer their releases since 2000 as they are more uptempo & dynamic than their earlier efforts.

Now my 5-disc carousel player is fully populated with SG SACDs. While I still prefer my first 2 discs for musical content, these are most enjoyable as well. They are superb, uncompressed recordings that sport some of the fullest sounding music that I have experienced in my large collection. The depth & power of SG's percussion & electric bass sections is simply awesome. They are really impressive when played through a system that can effortlessly reach down low like my EP400s...

TAM