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But, there are some albums that just sound amazing, and there's a real pleasure in cranking the hifi up a bit and luxuriating in it.
The obvious one, for me, that's missing, is Frank Sinatra's sings for Only the Lonely, which is one of the most amazing sounding albums ever, to my ears.
Also Only the Lonely is a tribute (like Kind of Blue) to 50s recording techniques. You get a band/orchestra of absolute top notch players at the top of their game, you put them in a room that sounds amazing, and you mic them really well, and then ... they just play the whole thing live. The entire album, done in a few days, which is mind boggling given the complexity of the music and the arrangements.
How about a few of these instead:
Alison Krauss - Paper Airplane
Bonnie Raitt - Fundamental
Grizzly Bear - Shields
Them Crooked Vultures
Fiona Apple - When the pawn...
John Mayer - continuum
Steely Dan - Aja
Soundgarden - Superunknown
ACDC - Back in Black
Michael Hedges - Aerial Boundaries
The Raconteurs - consolers of the lonely
many many ECM jazz albums
Anything by Al Schmitt
I've not included electronic albums or rap because most of it is sample based and lets be honest, easier to mix and record than real life instruments.
I like having nice gear. But it's for listening to my favourite music.
I have a high end HiFi and when I put a record on the turntable I sit down and listen to it, just like someone may put a Blu-Ray on and sit and watch it. I don't play music as a background thing, it's always to sit down and listen.
Like @Grumpyrocker , I don't listen to music I don't like just to hear how the equipment sounds.
I've just decorated the man-cave and my go to record for setting up again after dismantling is Sheffield Steel by Joe Cocker.
I feel it's albums they've bought in the last two years plus a bunch of old, obvious stuff.
I'm sure I'm not an audiophile at all but I think I'd have a stab at JD McPherson's Undivided Heart and Soul as for a rock record it is ( or cleverly appears to be) the sound of a few instruments well recorded with minimum overdubs.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
TB2 on CD really made my ears prick up when I first heard it - there's some high-frequency content in particular that's just magical. You can get an idea of it even over Youtube...
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein