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Recent comments

Wagner: Lohengrin - Kempe | Andre Vital - Yesterday 05:49 am

A caveat... The 'secret' of the "Grand Opera" EMI-Toshiba series is that it never ever sacrifices the total quality of its transfers to avoid background noise in older analog ...

Beethoven: 9 Symphonies - Karajan | Joelha - July 29, 2022

Joseph, I'm fascinated by your findings and am hoping I can trouble you to post an image of the original SACD set. I cannot find any of them listed anywhere for sale. Also, ...

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 - Karabits | Marcus DiBenedetto - July 30, 2022

An interesting conversation. I have all the Pentatone releases now. This one (#13) is recorded in DXD, and my favorite, while all the others are recorded in DSD64. I like them ...

Sam Cooke: Night Beat | Brian VanPelt - August 2, 2022

The 3 channels used to record this are put to perfect use. Generally, Sam's voice is perfectly centered. On the left we have the piano/keyboard, and on the right we have the ...

Dave Brubeck Quartet: Time Out | Brian VanPelt - August 2, 2022

This sounds pretty much like the record versions, I think. I say this because on both record versions (33 1/3 , 45) I have terrible distortion all throughout the piano ...

Ireland: Orchestral works - Wilson | John Bacon-Shone - July 28, 2022

Indeed, Chandos have updated their website, which previously showed it as a CD. Great news!

Sam Cooke: The Best of Sam Cooke | Brian VanPelt - August 2, 2022

This doesn't seem much different than an ordinary CD. Sam's voice doesn't sound any different than listening on the radio. Some songs are very nice, like Another Saturday ...

Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 - Honeck | Marcus DiBenedetto - Today 12:39 pm

Oftentimes, a magnificent recording, such as this one, will fall into the abyss merely because of its age. Of the many recordings I have available to me, this one, however, is ...

Katja Werker: Contact Myself 2.0