Excellent sounding CDs that all audiophiles should own by: Blue Note

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Excellent sounding CDs that all audiophiles should own by: Blue Note
Marcus Miller CD Laid Black by: Blue Note Sound Quality 5-stars /Sound staging 5-stars.
Marcus Miller CD Afrodeezia by: Blue Note Sound Quality 5-stars /Sound staging 5-stars.
Jennifer Warnes CD Famous Blue Raincoat by: Blue Note Sound Quality 5-stars /Sound staging 5-stars
Patricia Barber CD Café Blue by: Premonition Records, Inc. Sound Quality 4-stars /Sound staging 4.5-stars.
Patricia Barber CD Companion by: Blue Note Sound Quality 5-stars /Sound staging 5-stars.

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@lstefans 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the info in general and the Patricia Barber introduction in particular. Just listened to "The Beat Goes On". Speechless. Spellbound. The recording/mixing/mastering quality; the band and their arrangement and interpretation; her voice and style; and yes...that organ. Stunning.

@davidstein9129 Ай бұрын

Thanks for posting this..Much appreciated.

@pabloosvaldopenizzotto1098 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for such interesting recommendations! It helps me to discover new artist and enjoy great sounding nice music!

@rs8197-dms 10 ай бұрын

I'm an ex- high end audio designer. I have the jennifer warnes and the patricia barber, and I used those many, many times as examples of good quality audio.

@WalterDavidRiffmon 6 ай бұрын

I just bought a copy of Companion. I bought a like new condition 1999 copy. The sound of this CD shocked me! I was just finishing up listening to other Sony recordings and then put this Patricia Barber CD in and I was stunned by the lively, articulate and dynamic presentation from this recording. Will certainly be looking for more Blue Note recordings. Thanks! BTW, there were so many newer versions than the 1999 copy. I stuck with the original. I can't imagine the other versions are any better.

@dannyprecysroadtoforever5234 7 ай бұрын

I'm an audio engineer and much of the sound stage and imaging improvements heard in modern recordings comes from the use of a technique called " Mid Side Processing" that allows the processing of the middle or center information and the sides or left and right channels to be processed separately in the mastering stage. Also mastering grade converters are a step above even the very best consumer converters.

@volpedo2000 Ай бұрын

Do you mean professional ADCs are better than consumer DACs?

@dannyprecysroadtoforever5234 Ай бұрын

@@volpedo2000 There are some very good hi end audiophile DAC's out there that sound amazing. Having said that , mastering grade converters are designed to take a much hotter signal and clip in a much more forgiving way than converters designed for consumer use. They often use discreet analog circuits and even transformers in the audio path using high current power supplies. The very best DAC converter "chip" only cost a few bucks but it's the analog circuit that sets mastering grade converters apart from most stuff designed for home use. They can also be very expensive.

@volpedo2000 Ай бұрын

@@dannyprecysroadtoforever5234 Do you have any you would recommend for home use instead of audiophile DACs?

@vitalie787 6 ай бұрын

Big thank you for recommending Patricia Barber Companion album... OMG ... this cd truly sounds amazing...never thought that live recording could sound like this...I thought Diana Krall sounds unique...but I guess she has a worthy competition here. I play this cd ( which also happen to be HDCD ) on my Rotel RCD-1072 cd player hooked to a Rotel RA-1570 integrated amplifier and with Bowers and Wilkins 603 floorstanding speakers....I feel like I'm there in the club while she's recording!

@williamcampbell3868 6 ай бұрын

Blue Note Records has from the beginning always been about the the best sound quality attainable. The late great engineer, Rudy VanGelder said that lable owner Alfred lion,( one of my heroes) had good ears and helped him to get the "Blue Note" sound. Soon many others followed their formula.

@tweakerman 8 ай бұрын

Check out reference recordings, they are outstanding, nice to see you bigging up the cd, well recorded & mastered cds, are still a fabulous sounding media👍

@johnrountree370 9 ай бұрын

You are absolutely right... A better system makes music better. There is more clarity, more dynamic realism, and of course the sound stage gives a realization that the performance is there for you. The other thing about improving a sound system is it makes (almost) everything sound better, new or old. So yeah, it is all about the music, but if the music is reproduced better the entire experience of listening improves.

@slammer153 8 ай бұрын

Nice amplifier I have the same one Conrad Johnson Premier 11A

@WalterDavidRiffmon 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to point out some great engineered CDs. I will be buying a few of these. I love all types of music so I simply look for well recorded music whatever the type that it is. Some recordings are so flat and bland. I find many recordings made in the 1950s and 1960s, to be vastly superior to recordings done today. It shows that attention to detail was employed. I am thinking that if attention to details and pride of the recording is employed using what is known and available today, it will surpass the great recordings from years ago.

@fredsanke4070 Жыл бұрын

Blue Note, Verve, and Concorde CDs are great jazz recording studios...i have all the CDs you have mentioned...clean and crisp

@theempiricalaudiophile3729 Жыл бұрын

Can you tell the difference between some of the newer, Blue Note CDs and older ones?

@thelowprofile9767 3 ай бұрын

Don't forget GRP

@frankgeeraerts6243 2 ай бұрын

Cafe blue ...............realy enjoyable and good sounding .

@robertm8518 8 ай бұрын

Well said! I imagine it can be heard on Tidal tracks if they’re from Blue Note.

@Ross1966 2 ай бұрын

I like you Conrad Johnson gear a lot and the Altecs. I bet your system sounds awesome.

@aussie_philosopher8079 9 ай бұрын

Yes. I have all the John scofield mid 90s albums and I fooled my vinyl eccentric friends into believing it was an audiophile grade L.P. Also since about 2000 but mainly 2010 onwards digital recording technology has advanced A lot, I worked in studios most my life and the differences in the last 15years have been astonishing.

@VintageLuxmanStereoCollector 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for your coverage of CDs, especially from Bluenote. I have a good number of Bluenote jazz CDs and LPs. I bookmarked all of your recommended artists in Tidal. I have a good digital system but will look for their CDs.

@anonamouse5917 5 ай бұрын

At the beginning of the video you said that early CD's were mastered like LP's and didn't sound very good. Could you expand on that or point me to a link, please?

@bryanjones9952 Ай бұрын

Thanks! These albums make my "mediocre" system sound great! No need to upgrade anything now... 😁

@stratenboek 6 ай бұрын

Bought my copy of Marcus Miller: Laid Back, wondering how far I can walk into the soundstage : )

@romeos50 2 ай бұрын

Any comment on Telarc and Chesky recordings, these are my favorites up to now.

@dsonyay 11 ай бұрын

I dont have those CDs but I did stream them in lossless format .. and I have to agree the sound is excellent. Here’s my challenge to you- play these two CDs: Two Against Nature - Steely Dan Everything Must Go- Steely Dan Those are their last two albums. They are amazing sound for CD. Plus: Seek out the Blue Note RVG Remasters series .. those are all the old Blue Note albums from way back, remastered by Rudy Van Gelder for CD. They came out amazingly nice. Also the recent Blue Note Tone Poet remasters on CD sound spectacular as well. Good video.

@bounty446 9 ай бұрын

I play those two Steely Dan CDs all the time amazing and you are correct TOP SHELF.

@jimwoody3056 17 күн бұрын

The SPARS code on the mastering seems to be different from person to person. AAD seems to be preferred for me. Try the Twin Peaks soundtrack.

@marcfoss7687 Жыл бұрын

Thanks...is there a place where you buy your CDs from in particular?

@theempiricalaudiophile3729 Жыл бұрын

Amazon

@dsonyay 11 ай бұрын

7:20. I was fully prepared for you to say you noticed the Speakers were made by Blue Note lol

@christophmartin5381 8 ай бұрын

There are several more like GRP, ECM, Enja etc...

@crazyprayingmantis5596 8 ай бұрын

Audiophiles should only own music they like, buying an album because of its sound quality isn't recommended

@gt4viking789 7 ай бұрын

In theory we will all agree with you, but ultimately if you have a hifi system with a very high level of resolution, I can assure you that it doesn’t do a poorly recorded/mastered CD any favours 🤕 It literally becomes unlistenable.

@mr.b4444 5 ай бұрын

Yep, then you are just listening to your stereo and not the music. I have to enjoy the music first.

@rebirthofthecool5619 4 ай бұрын

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@aussie_philosopher8079 9 ай бұрын

Forgor to mention....blue note also got caught up in the loudness wars which destroyed a lot of classic remasters in the late 90s-2000s.

@jazzkatt7083 8 ай бұрын

Early Blue Note CDs are the best kept secret in audio HIFI. 😮

@user-oq9mv8pc2g 3 ай бұрын

Early west german CDs are best secret

@thelowprofile9767 Ай бұрын

It’s not a secret

@fourthlayer 5 ай бұрын

Sooooo The only possible way for a CD to sound "better" would have to be either an original digital capture, OR, a capture from the 2 inch tape!!!! Please explain! Next question: where did "bluenote" acquire the recording? PLZ RESPOND.

@JamesDavidWalley 5 ай бұрын

Hate to be that guy, but _Famous Blue Raincoat_ came from Cypress Records, NOT Blue Note. Cypress was distributed by A&M; as far as I can tell, no one from Blue Note had any involvement in the recording of that album.

@amalkumarde7528 Ай бұрын

Yes you are right 😊

@jackwhite6030 5 ай бұрын

Blue Note has been recording Jazz for years....big Jazz players

@arthurott4561 10 ай бұрын

Soundstagy? Soundstaginess?

@ericjensen9091 5 ай бұрын

Yes.

@paulbainjr 6 ай бұрын

I think anything remastered by Bernie Grundman is great😊

@peteanddrake4242 7 ай бұрын

all respect...but you spend 10's of thousands on your front end--and have 60+ year old ears that can't hear anywhere near what even a 40-year-old can hear. You are not an objective judge of sound quality for anyone under 60....at best.

@ProfoundProductions 7 ай бұрын

All respect… but stfup, grown people talking.

@MaestroPrep 6 ай бұрын

Go back to your William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy Albums!

@williamcampbell3868 6 ай бұрын

@@ProfoundProductions Word up to you guys man! A lot of people on social media are morons, buffoons and imbeciles, This @peteanddrake4242 person or persons are one or more of the metaphors I mentioned, and unfortunately typifies 88% of Americans today. Ignorant, disrespectful and uninformed, leave them to their own devices. This is from a 64 year old Black man O.G music lover and hi-fi enthusiast.

@paulhare662 6 ай бұрын

Could you repeat that? I'm 65 and went to too many KIX concerts in the 80s.

@tomcorwin8575 5 ай бұрын

Assumptions, generalizations Yada yada

@ericwichmann9536 6 ай бұрын

All Tecet cds are outstanding stereo or 5.1 Tube mic preamps recordings in churches or custom studio settings. They have a good selection to try out very high definition.