Any DSD Recommendations?

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mdkim

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I'm looking for any and all recommendations for "great" DSD downloads. By "great," I mean audibly superior to its CD or HiRes PCM counterpart. Genre is unimportant as I just want to start getting my feet wet. And yeah, I know there is not a lot out there but, by way of example, I'd like to know if the Counting Crows DSD is truly better or if it's just an up sampled PCM file, etc... Thanks all!
 
Get the Opus 3 samplers 1 and 2. They are also available in DSD128!
 
Also Pentatone samplers and their Brahms recording in La Chaud des Fonds.
 
I have a number of Analogue Productions (AP) SACD albums and they're consistently among the best SQ in my music collection. I've directly compared the Holly Cole:Temptations SACD vs. the DSD download and they're both awesome in terms of music and SQ. I also have the Counting Crows:August and Everything After SACD from AP and I can assure you it doesn't sound like an RBCD PCM recording.
 
Thanks...

These are some of my favorite albums often enjoyed because of music content and SQ:

Classical:

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor Op. 18; Moments Musicaux, op. 16
Channel Classics: CCS SA 26308; SACD Hybrid Stereo/Multi-channel DSD 5.0
London Philharmonic Orchestra/Royal Festival Hall, London, England-May 2008
Kirill Petrenko (conductor)
Dejan Lazic' (Piano)

Barber: Symphony No. 1, Op. 9; Copland: Appalachian Spring (Suite); Higdon: blue cathedral; Theofanidis: Rainbow Body
Telarc: SACD-60596; SACD Hybrid Stereo/Multi-channel DSD 5.1
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Symphony Hall, Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia/April 12 & September 21, 2002
Robert Spano (conductor)

Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat Major; Piano Concerto No. 2 in A Major; Totentanz
BIS: SACD-1530; SACD Hybrid Stereo/Multi-channel 24/96 PCM 5.0
Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra/Sala Sao Paulo-July 2005, Sao Paula, Brazil
John Neschling (conductor)
Arnaldo Cohen (piano)

Liszt: Dante Symphony; Tasso
Telarc: SACD-60613; SACD Hybrid Stereo/Multi-channel DSD 5.0
London Symphony Orchestra/Watford Town Hall, Watford, England, January 13-17, 2003
London Oratory School Schola, Michael McCarthy, Director
Leon Botstein (conductor)

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
LSO Live: SACD LSO0682; SACD Hybrid Stereo/Multi-channel DSD 5.1
London Symphony Orchestra/Barbican, London/November 21 & 23, 2008
Valery Gergiev (conductor)

Rachmaninov: Symphony no. 2 in E minor, Op. 27; Vocalise no. 14, Op. 34
Channel Classics: CCS SA 21604; SACD Hybrid Stereo/Multi-channel DSD 5.0
Budapest Festival Orchestra/The Italian Institute/Budapest/October 2003
Ivan Fischer (conductor)

Schubert: String Quartet in D minor, D. 810, "Death and the Maiden"; String Quartet in F major, Op. 96, "American"
Telarc: SACD-60610; SACD Hybrid Stereo/Multi-channel DSD 5.1
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Walthamstow Town Hall, London, England, August 12-19, 2002
Charles Rosekrans (conductor)

Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43; Tubin: Symphony No. 5 in B Minor
Telarc: SACD-60585; SACD Hybrid Stereo/Multi-channel DSD 5.1
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra/Music Hall, Cincinnatti, Ohio, December 1-2, 2001
Paavo Jarvi (conductor)

Wagner: Prelude & Liebestod (from Tristan und Isolde); Strauss: Four Last Songs (Fruhling, September, Beim Schlafengehen, Im Abendrot); Tod und Verklarung, Op. 24 (Death and Transfiguration)
Telarc: SACD-60661; SACD Hybrid Stereo/Multi-channel DSD 5.1
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra/Woodruff Arts Center, Atlanta, Georgia/April 1-2, 2006
Donald Runnicles (conductor)
Christine Brewer (soprano)

Stravinsky: Petrouchka; Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances op. 45
RCO Live: RCO 05004; SACD Hybrid Stereo/Multi-channel DSD 5.0
Royal Concergebouw Orchestra/Concertgebouw Amsterdam/October 29 & 31, 2004 & February 4, 2005
Mariss Jansons (conductor)
Emily Beynon (flute)
Frits Damrow (trumpet)
Jeroen Bal (piano)

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Romeo and Juliet Overture
Channel Classics: CCS SA 21704; SACD Hybrid Stereo/Multi-channel DSD 5.0
Budapest Festival Orchestra/The Italian Institute, Budapest
February 11-14, 2004
Ivan Fischer (conductor)

Jazz:

Patricia Barber: Verse
Mobile Fidelity: UDSACD 2027; SACD Hybrid Stereo 24/48 PCM

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers: Keystone 3
Concord Jazz: SACD-1001-6; SACD Hybrid Stereo Analogue

Kenny Burrell: Midnight Blue
Analogue Productions: CBNJ 84123 SA; SACD Hybrid Stereo Analogue

Jimmy Cobb Quartet: Cobb's Corner
Chesky: SACD327; SACD Hybrid Stereo/Multi-channel 24/96 PCM 5.0

Bill Cunliffe: Live at Bernie's
Grove Note: GRV1009-3; SACD Hybrid Stereo DSD

Miles Davis: Kind of Blue
Columbia: CS 64935; SACD Hybrid Stereo Analogue

Kurt Elling: Dedicated To You
Concord Jazz: CJA-31314-02; RBCD

Terry Evans: Mississippi Magic
Audioquest: AQ-SACD1057; SACD Hybrid Stereo DSD

Wayne Horvitz: Sweeter Than The Day
Songlines: SA1536-5; SACD Hybrid Stereo/Multi-channel Analogue 5.0

Diana Krall: The Girl in the Other Room
Verve: B0002293-36; SACD Hybrid Stereo/Multi-channel 24/96 PCM 5.1

Doug MacLeod: Who's Truth, Who's Lies?
Audioquest: AQ-SACD1054; SACD Hybrid Stereo DSD

Rene' Marie: Voice Of My Beautiful Country
Motema: MTM-59; RBCD

Hugh Masekela: Hope
Analogue Productions: CAPJ 82020 SA; SACD Hybrid Stereo Analogue

Greta Matassa: Live at Tula's
Jazz Stream Records: JSSACD002; SACD Hybrid Stereo/Multi-channel 5.1

Sam McClain: Soul Survivor
Audioquest: AQ-SACD1053; SACD Hybrid Stereo Analogue

Misha Mengelberg Quartet: Four In One
Songlines: SA1535-5; SACD Hybrid Stereo DSD

Lee Morgan: The Sidewinder
Analogue Productions: CBNJ 84157 SA; SACD Hybrid Stereo Analogue

Oliver Nelson: The Blues and The Abstract Truth
Analogue Productions: CIPJ 5 SA; SACD Hybrid Stereo Analogue

Leslie Pintchik: Quartets
Ambient Records: CD-006; SACD Hybrid Stereo/Multi-channel DSD 5.0

Mel Tormé: The London Sessions
Audio Fidelity: AFZ 002; SACD Hybrid Stereo Analogue

Pop:

Nancy Bryan: Neon Angel
Analogue Productions: APO 2013 SA; SACD Hybrid Stereo Analogue

Holy Cole Trio: Temptation
Analogue Productions: CAPP 048 SA; SACD Hybrid Stereo Analogue

Holy Cole: Don't Smoke In Bed
Analogue Productions: CAPP 049 SA; SACD Hybrid Stereo Analogue

Countying Crows: August and Everything After
Analogue Productions: CAPP 24528 SA; SACD Hybrid Stereo Analogue

Neil Diamond: 12 Songs
Columbia: 8-2876-77508-2; RBCD

Marianne Faithfull: Blazing Away
Island: 842 794-2; RBCD

Foreigner: Foreigner
Mobile Fidelity: UDSACD 2050; SACD Hybrid Stereo Analogue

Frankie Goes To Hollywood: Welcome To The Pleasuredome
Island: 7 90232-2; RBCD

Melody Gardot: My One And Only Thrill
Verve: B0012563-02; RBCD

Joe Jackson: Body and Soul
A&M Records: CD-5000; RBCD

Billy Joel: 52nd Street
Mobile Fidelity: USSACD 2090: SACD Hybrid Stereo Analogue

Billy Joel: Piano Man
Mobile Fidelity: USSACD 2062: SACD Hybrid Stereo Analogue

Billy Joel: The Stranger
Mobile Fidelity: USSACD 2089: SACD Hybrid Stereo Analogue

Norah Jones: Come Away With Me
Analogue Productions: CAPP 047 SA; SACD Hybrid Stereo/Multi-channel Analogue 5.1

Norah Jones: Not Too Late
Analogue Productions: CAPP 044 SA; SACD Hybrid StereoAnalogue

Alison Krauss + Union Station: Live
Rounder: 11661-0515-6; SACD Hybrid Stereo/Multi-channel DSD 5.1

Ray LaMontagne: Till the Sun Turns Black
RCA Records: 82876 83328 2; RBCD

Shelby Lynne: Just A Little Lovin'
Analogue Productions: CAPP 041 SA; SACD Hybrid Stereo Analogue

Eleanor McEvoy: Yola
Market Square: MSNSACD113; SACD Hybrid Stereo Analogue

Willie Nelson: Stardust
Columbia: CD 35305; RBCD

Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here
Analogue Productions: EMI 5099952243325; SACD Hybrid Stereo Multi-channel Analogue 5.1

The Eagles: Hotel California
DCC: GZS-1024; RBCD (HDTracks 24/96 sounds more open)
 
madfloyd said:
I've got a couple hundred albums so when I get home I'll list some good ones. Any specific type of music?
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I'm interested in all genres :)

Nice list Len. Completely in agreement w/ Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here. Great DSD quality and, IMHO, their best album.
 
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