Article FYI: Top 50 Audiophile Albums to Show Off Your Systems, Ranked by Dynamic Range and Mastering Quality

[Wmcmanus]

While I suspect that their methodology may be a bit suspect, I like the fact that they recommend specific pressings.

Just don't know (personally) where to find a list of albums with measured DR rankings, although it seems to me that I've seen that before. If anyone has a good source, please share it.

Spoiler

Would have never guessed that Neil Young's Harvest would have made this list. Guess maybe because most of my listens were via cassette or 8-track most likely. LOL!!

https://www.headphonesty.com/2025/04/audiophile-albums-show-off-systems/?fbclid=IwY2xjawJbiBxleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHdIaG5CVJ_7HV1XInkWg-Wcl3bi5eLqEwY5TvbZI40UW4lJ_Eqj6sLgZDg_aem_6BZ_zHeMd1xzv_520xfiqQ

[Grahame]

The DR database can be found here 

https://dr.loudness-war.info

As described in their FAQ.

https://dr.loudness-war.info/faq

The links is item in the menu points to some tools if you want to make your own readings.

You can use Audacity to look at the waveforms of the track to see if they have been "brickwalled" or still retain a semblance of dynamic range.

https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/audacity_waveform.html

 

 

Edited April 3 by Grahame