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Recent comments

Stan Getz: Sweet Rain | Downunderman - November 5, 2025

One of the later releases in the Japan released Acoustic Sounds SACD series. This one released August 2025. Notable for being one of the few in this series that has not been ...

Shostakovich: Symphony No. 4 - Haitink | Dave Billinge - January 14, 2026

I must echo Contrapunctus' comment about the sound. This is simply superb.

WAR: Greatest Hits | Downunderman - December 10, 2025

This release was foreshadowed for quite a while before finally hitting the racks last month. That the Copyright/phonographic copyright year is '2003' suggests it was in the ...

Bruckner: Symphonies 7-9 - Karajan | EugenF - January 9, 2026

Emil Berliner Studios tells more about remastering process of Karajan's Bruckner 4-9 Symphonies (see min 20:13 seconds - The four existing mixes) : Quote: '2018 SACD & Bluray ...

Bruckner: Symphonies 7-9 - Karajan | DYB - January 19, 2026

Thank you EugenF, that is fascinating!

The World's Greatest Audiophile Recordings - Vol. 1 | David Snyder - January 15, 2026

This is stereo only (not mch as reflected above)

Stravinsky: Le Sacre du printemps - Hisaishi | EugenF - January 19, 2026

The price is very interesting: 22000yen (US$ 126.83) for just one disc !

Heart: Dreamboat Annie | Downunderman - December 8, 2025

Yeah, excellent sounding. The phonographic copyright year is consistently given as "1995" on the release, so if correct there must have been some sort of a transfer ...

Marimba Spiritual - Mimura