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Dave Brubeck: Supreme Jazz        (2 of 5 found this review helpful)
  April 28, 2007

Have you ever bothered to imagine how a 5.1-channel MONOPHONIC disc might sound? :-) Well, here is your chance to find out, though it's not GUARANTEED to be mono, as Membran are not very explicit about any reprocessing the (surely mono) recording has been gone thru. The nylon-sealed carton that ... more
Supreme Jazz: Jay Jay Johnson        (2 of 5 found this review helpful)
  April 28, 2007

Have you ever bothered to imagine how a 5.1-channel MONOPHONIC disc might sound? :-) Well, here is your chance to find out, though it's not GUARANTEED to be mono, as Membran are not very explicit about any reprocessing the (surely mono) recording has been gone thru. The nylon-sealed carton that ... more
Pieces of a Dream: Love's Silhouette        (1 of 2 found this review helpful)
  November 12, 2006

Recommended by THE guru, Harry Pearson ("HP") of "The Absolute Sound" in his so called "The Super SACD Multichannel Discs" (http://www.avguide.com/film-music/music/tas-pdfs/tas160/hp_sacd_list.pdf), this SACD does sound superlative, at least in my system. The playing and singing in this SACD are ... more
Chopin: Polonaises - Pollini        (7 of 10 found this review helpful)
  July 7, 2006

In view of the glowing recommendations above about the superlative improvement of the SACD vs. the DG Originals CD, which I own, I rushed ahead and bought the SACD. Well, indeed there is SOME noticeable improvement, but even in this 96 kHz / 24 bit / 5.1 surround-sound incarnation, this is hardly an ... more
Schubert/Mozart: Quintets - Beaux Arts Trio/Grumiaux Quartet        (6 of 6 found this review helpful)
  December 31, 2005

The Schubert is my favorite performance in a very present and pleasant sound. Pressler plays with a great vitality and tenderness, with sensitive rubati. The strings are not quite at the same level, but still very amiable. My only reservation about the recording is that the double bass is not quite ... more

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