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My current two go to tracks for testing soundstage width and depth are: and:

I use the Stick plugged into my Denon AVR just like Buck115 and it sounds very good. If I’m doing critical listening I use my OPPO or my TT on a specific album in my collection either on CD or vinyl.

This is the hookup that I'm currently using with my Denon AVR-X3500H.

I picked up this copy of Pink Floyd’s “Animals” a few months ago. I’ve been doing research and I’m on the prowl for the best pressings of some of my favorites. (Thus, I’m liking this thread idea very much). PINK FLOYD “ANIMALS.” Guthrie and Plante das boot recording remaster 2011. Also known as Capitol Records 2011 Discovery Issue Catalog and Bar Code Number: 5099902895123 This CD takes me back. It is mind-bogglingly good. The sound floor is so far down it’s a vacuum - that pulls you in. Beautiful dynamics. The detail, the imaging, the soundstage, everything is spot on. I've heard things I've never noticed before: On “Pigs (Three Different Ones)” at the beginning, after the sound effects and the keyboards whish in, the bass guitar intro actually feels like it’s moving around ever so slightly in space – out there in the middle upper sound-field, it whirls too – in a tight little half circle, up and then down again. And all the myriad sound effects on the album, the animal noises between the songs, it’s all there, you miss nothing. All the insane panning throughout. It pulls you in and you are lost in the music. (And not for nothing, this album has some of Water’s best bass guitar work (some you can almost miss in the last half of “Pigs (Three),” but not on this issue). And Gilmour makes the best and most apropos use of the wha-pedal in the history of Rock & Roll). An aside: “Animals” is one of my favorite albums of all time and my favorite Floyd album. I’ll never forget hearing it for the first time: sitting on the floor of my bedroom when I was a young teenager and listening to the LP on an inexpensive turntable with a cheap set of Koss headphones and being just plain blown away – almost life-changing. (We had just read “Animal Farm” in English class and the album transported me… with a little help from some weed). 😁 It was one of my first times with headphones too and I remember being astonished by the stereo separation.

Fabulous thread -- Just now discovering Katie Melua -- what a lovely voice .... Many excellent recordings ... in female vocal department - I have always enjoyed Cara Dillon .. This is a very good recording

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Thanks. I'm going to try using the Samsung Smart TV app for Amazon Music too - just found out about that. But I'd like to compare the two. Using the Fire Stick attached to my Oppo might give me better results.

The Mavis's - Coming Home (2001)

Thanks for the big welcome. I am trying to buy the M-1.0t troubleshooting guide but there is no Canadian shipping option. Is this only for the US?

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Robert Palmer Simply Irresistible

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