Ceremonials

Album : Ceremonials (more about this album)

Artist/Group: Florence + the Machine

Date: 2011

Label: Island

Type:  Music + Lyrics

Genre : Pop

Style : Indie pop

Favorite Song :  What the water gave me

Musical performance :  Second opus from Florence and the machine. A new indie pop album made in Great britain and recorded at Abbey Road Studios. In my perspective this album is between Feith and Enya style and the musical performance is great.

Sonic performance: The sound is rich. It's not a big deal for an audiophile, but it's correct. So why i decided to reference this album in an audiophile website? The answer is simple. The sound of this record with the musical performance is just magic.

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Pink Floyd - Discovery

Album : Box set of fourteen studio albums (more about this album)

Artist/Group: Pink Floyd

Date: 2011

Label: Emi

Type:  Music + Lyrics

Genre : Rock

Style : Prog-Rock

Favorite Song :  Echoes

Musical performance :  Sorry for the delay of this new publication, but listen 14 disks is not an easy task. It all started when my best friend told me that the complete discography of Pink Floyd had been remastered by James Guthrie (the recording producer of Pink Floyd). I bought the box set that includes 14 studio albums and began one of the longest listening session of my life .... no drugs, I swear..

Sonic performance: Side sound quality, it is not very complicated to explain. Those new Pink Floyd's albums are now at an audiophile level and believe me it's totally awesome. The restoration of old albums is excellent. The sound is still warm but more precise, more depth, more....Pink Floyd !!!!

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Paramita

Album : Paramita

Artist/Group: He Xuntian

Date: 2002

Label: Wind

Type:  Music

Genre : World Music

Style : World beat 

Favorite Song :  Earth Drums

Musical performance :  I discovered this album at an audio demonstration of the new Grand Utopia speakers. This album is dedicated to drum's music, and the music performance of this Chinese composer in simply amazing.

Sonic performance: This record is absolutly fantastic. Probably one the 10 best record that i never listened. The soundstage is fantastic, natural, depth, warm with a large stereo image's. This album have been recorded in Extended Resolution Compact Disc (XRCD) format using K2 technology. WWoowww. 

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Second Nature

Album : Second Nature

Artist/Group: Minor Empire

Date: 2011

Label: World Trip record

Type:  Music + Lyrics

Genre : World Music

Style : World beat 

Favorite Song :  Second Nature

Musical performance :  I saw the band at the Festival du Monde Arabe de Montreal and it was really amazing. This group mix traditionnal arabian music with progressive rock and fusion Jazz music with an absolute perfection.

Sonic performance: The soundstage is good but the stereo image is a little tiny. The voice is really incredible. The sound is very natural, and each instrument have a good place. The record is very nice with a good mix between traditional instrument and electric sound.

Le concert des parfums

Album : Le concert des parfums

Artist/Group: Michel Godard

Date: 2010

Label: Carpediem

Type:  Music + Lyrics

Genre : Alternative Jazz

Style : World music

Favorite Song :  Ambre Michel Godard

Musical performance :  Based on improvisation, this album is simply amazing, between Jazz and oriental music. A pure masterpiece.

Sonic performance: The soundstage is large and depth. The voices are really incredible. The sound is acoustic, warm... just wow ! 

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