Title pretty much says it all. For me I’m a music fan first and an audiophile second. Sometimes I’m in a car without a great system or using an inexpensive Bluetooth speaker and I still want to enjoy music. I often listen to very different music.

When it comes to newer albums I have been enjoying Sandy Denny’s home recordings and the new collection of Sylvester piano demos. I like everything from abba to 80s and 90s dance music. This is a bit of an oddball answer, but I also love listening to MFSL audiophile masters to stretch the legs of a mediocre system. It’s kind of amazing listening to the MFSL version of the nirvana or pixies albums in my base Honda fit’s stereo or Tapestry by Carole King if I have boomers in the car.

I’m curious what everyone else listens to on cheap consumer systems.

  • UsefulEngine1@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    Good recordings are good recordings.

    Tapestry is a good call. Well-produced '70s soft rock with “hydraulic” drum recording was kind of made for such systems – can sound a little synthetic on a super-revealing setup, but smooth out nicely on a mid-range system. See also James Taylor, Little River Band (actually I think there are some MFSL discs of their stuff), Linda Ronstadt, America, etc. etc.

    Try giving up on “imaging” and putting your speakers in corners or some other spot in the room, this can open up very interesting aspects of records.