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Recent comments

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 6 - Tchetuev | wilbur - July 30, 2026

These six discs recorded by Igor Tchetuev would have been part of the finest Beethoven sonatas recording venture of all time had Caro Mitis not stopped physical disc ...

Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No. 9; Carlos Simon: Four Black American Dances - Honeck | hiredfox - July 30, 2026

Many of Ivan Fischer's recordings were regarded as idiosyncratic simply because invariably he brought a refreshingshingly unorthodox and exciting re-reading of works that were ...

Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5-9 - Herbert von Karajan | John Broggio - August 2, 2026

Maybe the master tapes aren't up to the required standard? (Not that this has ever bothered anyone with that frankly incredible tape wobble in the Wagner overtures set)

John Coltrane: Blue Train | Mark Werlin - August 3, 2026

Paul Brouns, congratulations on finding a copy of this out-of-print disc! As John Bacon-Shone said, Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD MA are lossless compression codecs. The source ...

John Coltrane: Blue Train | John Bacon-Shone - August 1, 2026

Dolby TrueHD should be identical to the LPCM as it is a lossless compression.

Antonin Dvořák: Symphony No. 9; Carlos Simon: Four Black American Dances - Honeck | Graham Williams - July 29, 2026

Dave Hurwitz certainly liked it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NQ9WbwM_rE

Emerson, Lake & Palmer: Tarkus | Downunderman - August 17, 2026

This one mastered by Neal Harris and seems to be based on a 2016 'master', given the phonographic copyright date. The phase corrected version sounds very good, though it has ...

Di Meola/McLaughlin/De Lucia: Friday Night in San Francisco | Paul - August 14, 2026

This 2026 Japanese hybrid SACD edition of this classic recording is without a doubt THE definitive version of this recording to date. I have the first SACD edition which was ...

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