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Blue Nile - Hats 1989. iPad 2 via capriccio on Sennheisers. Blissful mellowness to soothe the aches and pains of a busy Monday.

Dead Can Dance. Momento on iPad 2 using my Sennheiser hd25s.

Hear, hear to that! No pun intended. ;-)

Good one. Funny. :-)

Those are great anecdotes, Brian. Yeh later in my teens our drama teacher lived in a converted chapel, which had great acoustics and loads of space. He was a muso and had some great hi-fi kit that sounded awesome.

Is there a moment when you heard music from a decent hi-fi that made you think "wow, I have to get that record, or get a better hi-fi". I had one such moment as a teenager when I heard dire straits Private Investigations and Pink Floyd final cut on their parents Bang and Olufsen system. I'm talking 1984. I was gobsmacked. The sound and the music was so full, so rich and amazing it turned my musical tastes to new directions and propelled me into the music and audio madness that has pre-occupied me for much of my life. Do you have a similar moment in your memory when you thought "wow"?

Bill Evans Trio - Waltz for Debby. 320kbs Gorgeous recording from a live club performance. Loads of detail and exquisite imaging. Perfect evening listening.

yes love this movie too and soundtrack. I especially love the Howard's End soundtrack. Really difficult to get hold of these in Uk.

Great choice! Always been a fave of mine :-)

Ambient 2 The Plateaux of Mirror - Harold Budd and Brian Eno EG Records Beautiful and relaxing - takes me back to being 17 - especially the title track which was on an EG Records sampler called Angels in the Architecture (1987). Opened doors to a whole new world of music possibilities. Wonderful.

Yes - good tip - just digging it out now and giving it a play. Sounds gorgeous. Thanks!

I guess obvious ones would be Dire Straits, Roger Waters, Pink Floyd. Kate Bush on some of her albums - up to and including Hounds of Love. Michael Brook - instrumentalist and Eno collaborator. Blue Nile definitely - Walk Across the Rooftops specifically commissioned by Linn to demo their kit in early 1980s.

Yes it's a great idea and not presumptuous at all. :-) will give it a go with Her Who Shall Be Obeyed

Steely Dan, Gaucho, FLAC on Fidelia

Steely Dan Gaucho - FLAC on Fidelia