Good rock recordings...

[Jason]

Can anybody point me to some? I just got my midrange panel back from being R&R'ed and am listening to the rig for the first time in over 2 weeks.

I fired up a couple Metallica discs (And Justice for All, and the Black album) and damn this **** sucks. Just terrible. Way harsh.

I know this is fairly common in this genre, but there's gotta be some decent stuff out there.

Any rec's??

[Jason]

Oh and the only thing that's different from before is I added some cable risers, and a PS Audio duet conditioner. I suppose the new panel could need some break in, too.

Man..I can't wait to get my new stuff in....

[HAL]

Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms

[Jason]

Dire Straits, Brothers in Arms

have The Best of 1977-1995, but it's only at 320 kbps. I really need to get around to re-encoding these in lossless....

What about a little heavier stuff like Metallica, Alice n Chains, etc....do any of these guys have any decent recordings? I'm telling ya...I about wanted to run out of the room when I fired up those albums. (and they are in lossless)

Thanks for the rec though, Hal....listening to Dire Straits right now. Fits my mood pretty good:thumbsup:

[tthurman]

I've always thought that the Godsmack Awake CD sounded good on my Rockets. I'm sure it's not the greatest quality recording. Tracks 6 and on are my favorite.

[dvenardos]

I would like to get some good Van Halen recordings, their classic stuff really sucks when listening on a good system.

[tthurman]

About a year ago I took a gamble on the remasters of the first five Van Halen albums. I was surprised with the improvement. Still not perfect but much improved IMO.

[Jason]

I would like to get some good Van Halen recordings, their classic stuff really sucks when listening on a good system.

Right??? What is it with that....

As I sit here and listen some more, there's definitely a harshness that didn't used to be there...gotta be the new panels. I had one go out on me about 6 weeks ago, and then when I had it replaced the new one was much more sensitive than the old one...I had to make a drastic adjustment on the right gain to balance the levels. So I had the other one replaced....fixed the balance problem, but now it seems I have a break-in problem...arghhh.

[dvenardos]

Panels? I forget what you have, planar magnetics or electrostatics? The break-in on the strata minis is universally recommended as rather lengthy. Let em run and I bet they will settle down.

Right??? What is it with that....

As I sit here and listen some more, there's definitely a harshness that didn't used to be there...gotta be the new panels. I had one go out on me about 6 weeks ago, and then when I had it replaced the new one was much more sensitive than the old one...I had to make a drastic adjustment on the right gain to balance the levels. So I had the other one replaced....fixed the balance problem, but now it seems I have a break-in problem...arghhh.

[Stereodude]

Are you looking for new rock recordings or old rock recordings.

[Jason]

Panels? I forget what you have, planar magnetics or electrostatics? The break-in on the strata minis is universally recommended as rather lengthy. Let em run and I bet they will settle down.

Eminent Technology LFT 8.



I just ordered a second pair that I'll run stacked. 2 side by side for each channel. I won't have them in this small room, though. We should be in the new place by the time he gets them built out. Also picked up a pair of Emotiva XPA-1's that will hopefully be in late next week.

[Jason]

Are you looking for new rock recordings or old rock recordings.

somewhere in the middle? I like Metallica, some Pantera, Alice n Chains, Seether....that kind of stuff.

[arthurs]

Rage Against the Machine is pretty well recorded....

[Jason]

Rage Against the Machine is pretty well recorded....

Thanks! I don't have any of them in the library. I'll see about picking something up tomorrow (if the roads are cleared up)

[TechFan]

This isn't probably as heavy as you are looking for, but I find Robert Plant's Now and Zen quite well recorded...it sure sounded good at Art's!

Randy