5 Stars
Posted
Wednesday, May 13, 2020
by Anonymous
This is a fantastic listening experience. If you are a fan of Holst: The Planets and have an SACD player, buy this now! The extreme audio dynamics of this piece (ex: brass stinging notes loudly) exploits DSD/SACD capability of fully resolving the audio better than most classical music. This is a great disc to demonstrate the comparison of vinyl, reel to reel, and CD vs DSD/SACD. Vinyl, reel to reel, and CD are dead! Long live the new king, DSD/SACD!
5 Stars
Posted
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
by Muzza
I have two different versions of The Four Seasons and now this one. In a less than perfect room and in 2x channel mode I was blown away by the sound. The bite of the bows, the depth of the sound stage, the ambience of the hall, but most of all the recording allowed me to hear for the first time the real interplay between the musicians and their instruments.
4 Stars
Posted
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
by Adam
Relatively random selection of music, but I guess that's to be expected from a demo disk. Because of this, I only find myself listening to it occasionally. Sound quality is phenomenal. The recordings are great for testing your system's ability to accurately reproduce the natural timbre of many types of classical acoustic instruments. The only reason this doesn't get a four from me is because of the fact that I don't find myself listening to it often. I don't return to it because I crave the melodies. It gets a full four because it delivers what it promises; reference quality recordings.