What moments in music have you found the soundstage jaw dropping?

[Thompsonuxb]

try placing a pair of jenga blocks under the front spikes of your speaker so they tilt up, my speakers have inverted tweeters and I'm fooled and amazed at the same time.

 

[omnibeard]

Any point on a recording where either Tom Waits or Diamanda Galas starts singing. Bit of a sucker for weird death metal soundscape intros too. But hey ho!

 

[jaxwired]

This one's pretty amazing for soundstage...

 

[BluePotato]

PP - speakers are approx 25cm from the wall (although curtains in between). They are approx 2metres apart and the room is 4m x 3.5m.

I've been loving John Coltrane Love Supreme - not sure this classes as big band Jazz tho - what do you recommend as It's a genre that other than some Coltrane and Miles Davis I've not dipped my toe far enough in.

 

[plastic penguin]

Jools Holland, Count Basie... and there's a compilation called 'Heroes' by the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They play Col Bogey (theme from 'Bridge on the river Kwai), 633 Squadron, Where Eagles Dare, The Great Escape, Dam Buster march... It may sound like fuddy-duddy, the quality of sound is fantastic. The crescendoes really gives you goosebumps.

 

[Anonymous]

John Martyn - Solid Air & May You Never

Love those songs

 

[bluedroog]

Saw him live a few years before he died. Very good indeed, although he was a mess.

 

[KeithT]

I used to use Chris Rea's 'Wired to the moon' as my test lp whenever I went out demoing TT's. It grew on me and gives a very good insight into the TT's capability as it's a well recorded/mastered album.

 

[relocated]

Eponymous Deep Forest cd. Room busting soundstage and surround sound as well. Excellent. 8)

 

[BluePotato]

Jools Holland, Count Basie... and there's a compilation called 'Heroes' by the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They play Col Bogey (theme from 'Bridge on the river Kwai), 633 Squadron, Where Eagles Dare, The Great Escape, Dam Buster march... It may sound like fuddy-duddy, the quality of sound is fantastic. The crescendoes really gives you goosebumps.

PP - Cheers - I take it my distance from wall checks out?

 

[plastic penguin]

Jools Holland, Count Basie... and there's a compilation called 'Heroes' by the Band of the Coldstream Guards. They play Col Bogey (theme from 'Bridge on the river Kwai), 633 Squadron, Where Eagles Dare, The Great Escape, Dam Buster march... It may sound like fuddy-duddy, the quality of sound is fantastic. The crescendoes really gives you goosebumps.

PP - Cheers - I take it my distance from wall checks out?

Thanks - my RS6s are about 30cm from the wall (maximum I can go) and they sound fine. It has been suggested that the A5s, albeit titchy in stature, can be awkward with placement. I've only heard them briefly in a shop with a Naim system, so it's impossible to say whether they would work in my room.

 

[Crocodile]

PP - Cheers - I take it my distance from wall checks out?

As I said on your other thread, when I spoke to Spendor they recommended 50cm. May be worth a play.

 

[BluePotato]

PP - Cheers - I take it my distance from wall checks out?

As I said on your other thread, when I spoke to Spendor they recommended 50cm. May be worth a play.

Crocodile. >25cm = divorce.

 

[matthewpiano]

Strawbs - 'A Glimpse of Heaven', and 'Witchwood' from the album 'From The Witchwood'. Incredibly widescreen and layered sound.

 

[nopiano]

Is this a record? Three respondents to this topic mentioned classical music.

It has always intrigued me how few people on this forum seem to be classical addicts. Is it because those who like classical music are more interested in the quality of the music and the playing, and less concerned about the quality of the reproduction; or maybe because no HiFi system is a patch on live concerts for classical music? Just curious.

Andrew

Maybe we're reading Gramophone and listening to Radio 3 rather than spending/wasting time here!!