I'm a huge fan of Pink Floyd, especially Animals.

Try Yes album Fragile. I think you would enjoy that.

I loved Pink Floyd when I started out, and still think they are great, but man there is so much more out there. Run, do not walk, to get Porcupine Tree's "In Absentia" - it's their most accessible album, and has phenomenal songs on it. Then try "Deadwing" which is way more progressive. Or "Stupid Dream" .. Aah, you kinda can't go wrong.

Check out the band "Muse" who have the most Queen influences of any band I've heard in 25 years. They are not as musically complex from a harmonic/rhythmic perspective, but there is so much going on, layers, tones, vocals, effects, it's crazy. Songs are outstanding, and huge variety of styles put together in inventive ways. Great band.

If you like really complex anthemic music, there's always Dream Theater. One of my favorite bands of all time is called "Cynic". They put out an album in 1993 "Focus" (make sure you find the non-remastered version, or youtube it), it is complex, layered, crazy arrangements, death metal jazz. Unstoppable. Their 20-years-later follow up "Traced In Air" is equally as powerful.

The best progressive rock band I've found in the last couple of years is "Riverside" I believe they are from Poland. Every time I hear their stuff I hear new amazing sections I never noticed before. If you like them, also check out the Von Hertzen Brothers. this is another sounds-like-nothing-else band. great songs too.

Also check out my band soon

And my favorite Finnish band is Amorphis. I dig Nightwish quite a bit too, but have to be in the right mood.

In my whole collection of 8000 discs, the best headphone disc by far is Robin Trower Bridge of Sighs

The mix is perfect. Not too bright or sizzley. Bass is solid but not exaggerated.

And most importantly, there are no filler tracks - you can safely let the entire disc play.

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BTW, here is a pic of the actual Bridge of Signs from last month:

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All Waters bow to The Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking.
Clapton's guitar on 4:41 am (Sexual Revolution) is a classic.
Def a headphone album

Floyd is my favorite. Have you listened to Alan Parsons Project? He was the engineer on Dark side of the moon.

Porcupine Tree was incredible, easily my favorite band of the last 20 years. They did trippy Floyd stuff to metal, to progressive.

I would start with Lightbulp Sun and Deadwing. Those are the two best. Shame they are no more.

https://www.amazon.com/Deadwing-Porcupine-Tree/dp/B0752Z38G2/ref=sr_1_1
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07532DJ5Z/ref=pd_mp3_als_qp_pa

for now - SW said they are merely "Sleeping"

Hey @Rai, which headphones are you using and in what format of music? Not necessarily an audiophile but i just paired my Shure 846's with a bluetooth cable that has a DAC hooked up to it and it makes a big difference. I have been listening to some lossless format music and that brings out a lot of quality I have not heard before.

As for music for the bands that you mentioned, a lot of the newer remastered stuff tends to bring more to the table. Take a look at Nathaniel Rateliff and the Nightsweats (they sang that song SOB that was pretty popular a few years back). He and his band are pretty tight.

For headphones?

There is only one album, that reigns supreme..
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check out bowers and Wilkins society of sound. everything is audiophile grade and uncompressed. wide range of artists and genres

Nice headphones. I really don’t know about cds and blurays as I have not bought either in years but I believe there are some higher definition media available.

Check out his article from cnet that describes lossless music and various ways to listen to it.

https://www.cnet.com/news/what-is-flac-the-high-def-mp3-explained/

Generally, remastered CDs are worse than the earlier releases.

They compress the sound more (so if you do an A/B, the remaster will sound louder), but the compression destroys the dynamic range.

So the best version of Dark Side of the Moon is the MoFi version from decades ago, not the 12th repackaged remaster

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The Zep remasters sound better than the original CDs, but unfortunately, Zep stuff sounds terrible to begin with.
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You can get Flac files with many times the resolution over CDs.

you can play them from a stereo receiver's usb port, or a dedicated player:

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/audiophile-ipod-299-sale-pioneer-xdp100r/page/7#post-4615049

If you want to see what musical tracks are available in 24/96 (compared to CDs crummy 16/44) search here with HDTRACKS in the box

http://www.nzbindex.nl/search/?q=hdtracks

Blues Traveler Self Titled Album. Sounds great on a quality sound system. Nice warm bass, and Popper on the harp is amazing.

https://www.amazon.com/Blues-Traveler/dp/B000002GJ0

Slow Ride