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Like I said before many times. "That is where the fun is " It is fun to research a favorite artist recordings. Look for the Mixing engineer-and the pressing company.

Loudness Sounds Better. It’s Also Ruining Music. "...For the last 20 years or so, music producers have been caught in an audio arms race dramatically referred to as The Loudness Wars. To better please the ears of potential customers, record producers started mixing records at higher and higher relative loudness over time. The problem is, pushing up audio levels has a damaging effect on the quality of the recording—so much so that a movement of professionals has tried to put an end to the so-called war, though to no avail..." http://gizmodo.com/loudness-sounds-better-it-s-also-ruining-music-1694020336 http://midnightinthedesert.com/loudness-sounds-better-its-also-ruining-music/

One CD I like for the range of instruments and sounds is Gotye - Like Drawing Blood. If your system can resolve sub sonic rumbles and a full range of other sounds like clanks, try it. I also have the Telearc SACD's and a pipe organ Cybele SACD 030.802. I have a couple of 24bit 192hz Blue Coast tracks that are tremendous. The pipe organ has the widest frequency response range of any instrument. I attribute the ability to resolve subtle details to my systems configuration. Check the member systems for my system configuration. Having two 10" low mids in series, represents the majority of the sound contribution. Most of my music files are FLAC (25-50mb) and DSD64 & 128 (150-250mb) being fed to my analogue rack by an OPPO 105D with 32bit DAC. The Blue Coast site has a link to a high definition audio database that lists hardware and music providers with their formats and number of selections. For frequency references, check these links out http://www.independentrecording.net/irn/resources/freqchart/main_display.htm http://howtomakebeats.co/understanding-frequency-in-music/