Ascend Acoustics Official Music Recommendation Thread

[SunByrne]

Really good - love the guitar tone (and the fretboard in-lays, as well).

Actually two guitars on that one, my son and a Houston local guitar wizard Nick Matzke. Nick also produced and engineered it, so he had a lot to do with the tone.

The bird inlays are the standard on PRS guitars.

[Hiwayjunkie]

When I shop at Amazon, this is my Go To Album! lol I do like it!

[jerryg]

Praful [One Day Deep] -"Sigh"
Joyce Cooling [Third Wish] - "Tamba"

Woofer workout
Screaming sax

[jerryg]

You may or may not be aware (I wasn't).

Harman Reference Tracks

I was aware that:

Bruce Cockburn - "Wondering Where the Lions Are"

has astounding SQ (bass).

[jerryg]

I never really ventured into JT-land other than Greatest Hits. Then I read a tip about the SQ of this album; they weren't kidding.

James Taylor [That's Why I'm Here] - "That's Why I'm Here"

The bass on this is rather jaw-dropping. The entire album is very well recorded even if you don't necessarily like JT. It sounds great on the Sierras.

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[davef]

You may or may not be aware (I wasn't).

Harman Reference Tracks

I was aware that:

Bruce Cockburn - "Wondering Where the Lions Are"

has great SQ.

Thanks for posting this. I am going to check these out...

[jerryg]

Holly Cole Trio (from the Harman Reference)

Not exactly my full-time cup of tea genre, but there are some good eval tracks (eg 9,10,11) with strong dynamics & deep stand-up bass.

Enjoyable female vocals. Think Diana Krall on steroids.

[jerryg]

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Similar to Jesse Cooke.

[davef]

I never really ventured into JT-land other than Greatest Hits. Then I read a tip about the SQ of this album; they weren't kidding.

James Taylor [It's Why I'm Here] - "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"

The bass on this is rather jaw-dropping. The entire album is very well recorded even if you don't necessarily like JT. It sounds great on the Ascends.

Been a fan of JT since the middle 80's when my GF at that time turned me on to him, she is still a big fan and has likely been to over 20 live JT shows, maybe more. This particular album reminds me of her as we were together when it was released and she listened to it seemingly nonstop. I would put on Van Halen, Floyd or Led Zep, she would turn that off and put on this album... Funny memories!!!

[jerryg]

Charles Berthoud [Epiphany] - "Epico"
Antoine Dufour [Back & Forth]

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