| Bach - Matthäus Passion | | | | Nikolaus Harnoncourt | | Concentus Musicus Wien |
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 | | To get the right feeling of being in the hall it’s ... |
surround rating
 100%
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ambient - aggressive
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 Teldec 2001 |
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| The Latin Jazz Trio | | | | Conte/Garfield/ Carpenter |
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surround rating
100%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Aix 2002 |
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| Omnibus Wind Ensamble - Music by Frank Zappa | | | |
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 | | The room and the instruments sounds so real but I ... |
surround rating
100%
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ambient - aggressive
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 Opus 3 2000 |
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| Chick Corea - Rendezvous in New York | | | |
|
 | | I've actually been to Blue Note one evening in Ne ... |
surround rating
100%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Stretch Records 2003 |
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| Mahler - Symphony No. 2 | | | | Zubin Metha | | Prague Philharmonic Choir, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra |
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surround rating
 95%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Teldec 2001 |
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| Vivaldi - The Four Seasons | | | | David Juritz, London Mozart Players |
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surround rating
95%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Naxos 2001 |
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| Diana Krall - When I Look In Your Eyes | | | |
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surround rating
95%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Verve 2002 |
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| Miles Davis - Kind Of Blue | | | |
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 | | A classic. This is one great SACD. Sax and trumpet ... |
surround rating
95%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Columbia 2000 |
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| John Jenkins - Fantasias & Airs | | | |
|
 | | This is really great sound quality, especially the ... |
surround rating
95%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Channel Classics 2002 |
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| Neujahrskonzert | | | | Nikolaus Harnoncourt | | Wiener Philharmoniker |
|
 | | Boy, this was a hard one. I had to disregard the f ... |
surround rating
95%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Teldec 2001 |
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|
 | | This is the second Aix DVD-Audio recording to make ... |
surround rating
95%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Aix 2002 |
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|
 | | This is a no-brainer. Super fidelity, super surrou ... |
surround rating
95%
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ambient - aggressive
Samples |
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| Virgin 2003 |
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|
 | | "A Stone church from the 13th century out in t ... |
surround rating
95%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Opus 3 2001 |
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| Natalie Cole - Ask a Woman Who Knows | | | |
|
 | | Light up the fireplace, bring out your best brandy ... |
surround rating
95%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Verve 2002 |
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|
 | | ”Total surround satisfaction”. Is this a great sur ... |
surround rating
 90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Geffen Records 2002 |
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| Chabrier, Ravel - España, Boléro | | | | Yutaka Sado | | Orchestra des Concerts Lamoureux |
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surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Erato 2001 |
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| Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 | | | | Daniel Barenboim | | Berliner Staatskapelle |
|
 | | The Barenboim Beethoven symphony series is outstan ... |
surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Teldec 2000 |
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surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
Samples |
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| Virgin 2001 |
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| José Cura - Verismo | | | | José Cura | | Philharmonia Orchestra |
|
 | | You really need to give this one some time. If I h ... |
surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Erato 1999 |
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| Dvorak - Symphony No. 9 - The Water Goblin | | | | Nikolaus Harnencourt | | Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra |
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surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Teldec 2000 |
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| Buena Vista Social Club | | | | Compay Segundo, Ry Cooder, Ibrahim Ferrer, Ruben Gonzalez, Eliades Ochoa |
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surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Nonesuch 2000 |
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| Beethoven - Symphony No. 4 & 5 | | | | Daniel Barenboim | | Berliner Staatskapelle |
|
 | | The Barenboim Beethoven Symphonies 4 & 5 is a beau ... |
surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Teldec 2000 |
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surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Columbia 2000 |
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|
 | | Very similar to James Taylor’s other SACD “JT” in ... |
surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Columbia 2001 |
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|
 | | Aaron Neville’s “Believe” has just contributed to ... |
surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Silverline 2003 |
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| Mary chapin Carpenter - Time * Sex * Love | | | |
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surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Columbia 2001 |
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| Philip Bailey - Soul on Jazz | | | |
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surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Heads Up 2002 |
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| Spyro Gyra - In Modern Times | | | |
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surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Heads Up 2001 |
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| Diana Krall - The Look Of Love | | | |
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surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Verve 2002 |
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| Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery | | | |
|
 | | This is not a perfect recording: the lower treble ... |
surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Rhino 2000 |
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| Kevin Mahogany - Pride & Joy | | | |
|
 | | There are two SACD’s that causes serious bass trou ... |
surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Telarc 2002 |
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|
 | | Surprise, surprise! A few weeks ago I mentioned th ... |
surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| A440 Music Group 2003 |
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| Frank Sinatra - Live At The Sands | | | |
|
 | | Well, what can I say? This is a great DVD-Audio bu ... |
surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Reprise 2003 |
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| Alison Krauss - New Favorite | | | |
|
 | | This kind of music is really not my cop of tea. Th ... |
surround rating
90%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| Rounder 2002 |
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| Jaco Pastorius Big Band - Word Of Mouth Revisited | | | |
|
 | | This is a great SACD with lots of great bass playi ... |
surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Heads Up 2003 |
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| Doc Powell - 97th & Columbus | | | |
|
 | | This is a great sounding SACD even though the soun ... |
surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Heads Up 2002 |
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|
 | | Danish readers probably know what I’m talking abou ... |
surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Virgin 1999 |
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| Yo Yo Ma - plays the music of John Williams | | | |
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surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Sony 2002 |
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| Richard Tompson - Rumor and Sigh | | | |
|
 | | This is an album with very good general fidelity a ... |
surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Capitol 2002 |
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|
 | | You might see this one slip in and out of the refe ... |
surround rating
90%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Columbia 2003 |
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|
 | | I’m actually a little to young to have listened to ... |
surround rating
 85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Rhino 2001 |
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|
 | | The rating is perhaps a bit unfair since it’s the ... |
surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Geffen Records 2003 |
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|
 | | “Have a seat while I fiddle with this damn croo ... |
surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| surroundedby 2000 |
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|
 | | If I was asked what the engineers could do to make ... |
surround rating
85%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| Rhino 2003 |
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| 3 Doors Down - Away From The Sun | | | |
|
 | | What we have here is something as rare as an audio ... |
surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Universal Music Enterprises 2003 |
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| Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now | | | |
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surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Warner 2000 |
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surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Warner 2001 |
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|
 | | This DVD-Audio is a completely MLP-free (MLP = Mer ... |
surround rating
85%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| Universal Music Enterprises 2003 |
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| James Taylor - October Road | | | |
|
 | | If you like JT’s other albums I doubt that you wil ... |
surround rating
85%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| Sony 2002 |
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| John Williams - Artificial Intelligence | | | | John Williams | | Barbara Bonney, Lara Fabian, Josh Groban |
|
 | | When rating this disc I chose to disregard some ve ... |
surround rating
85%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| Warner 2001 |
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| The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots | | | |
|
 | | Scheiner is at it again. Extremely aggressive surr ... |
surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
Samples |
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| Warner 2003 |
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| Mozart - Sinfonia Concertante | | | | Christoph Eschenbach | | Midori, Nobuko Imai, NDR-Sinfonieorchester |
|
 | | Talk about smooth sound! There seem to be a genera ... |
surround rating
85%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| Sony 2001 |
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|
 | | It’s very easy to describe the qualities of this D ... |
surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Silverline 2003 |
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| Tchaikovsky - Classics | | | | Don Jackson | | London Philharmonic |
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surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| DTS Entertainment 2001 |
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| Eagles - Hotel California | | | |
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surround rating
85%
stereo rating
90% | |
ambient - aggressive
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| Warner 2001 |
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| B.B. King & Eric Clapton - Riding With the King | | | |
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surround rating
85%
stereo rating
 50% | |
ambient - aggressive
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| Warner 2001 |
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surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Rhino 2001 |
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surround rating
85%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| DTS Entertainment 2001 |
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| The Beach Boys - Pet Sounds | | | |
|
 | | This DVD-Audio is an amazing technical achievement ... |
surround rating
85%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| Capitol 2003 |
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| Beethoven - Symphony No. 3 | | | | Daniel Barenboim | | Berliner Staatskapelle |
|
 | | The Barenboim Beethoven symphony series is outstan ... |
surround rating
85%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| Teldec 2000 |
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| Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 | | | | Daniel Barenbiom | | Berliner Staatskapelle |
|
 | | The Barenboim Beethoven symphony series is outstan ... |
surround rating
85%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| Teldec 2000 |
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| Beethoven - Symphony No. 7 & 8 | | | | Daniel Barenboim | | Berliner Staatskapelle |
|
 | | The Barenboim Beethoven symphony series is outstan ... |
surround rating
85%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| Teldec 2000 |
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| Steely Dan - Two Against Nature | | | |
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surround rating
85%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| Giant Records 2000 |
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| David Becker Tribune - Germerica | | | |
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surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Silverline 2001 |
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|
 | | I hope that I’m not stepping on anyone’s toes when ... |
surround rating
85%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| Hollywood Records, Inc 2003 |
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| David Diggs - E-Klek-Trik | | | |
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surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Silverline 2001 |
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| Peppino D'Agostino - Acoustic Guitar | | | | Peppino D'Agostino, Juan van Emmerloot |
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surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Aix 2001 |
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| R.E.M. - Automatic For The People | | | |
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surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Warner 2002 |
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| Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily | | | |
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surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Elektra 2000 |
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surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Warner 2002 |
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| Nashville Big Band Jazz Ensemble - Big Band Christmas | | | |
|
 | | Very similar to “Big Phat Band” both in sound qual ... |
surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| DTS Entertainment 2001 |
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|
 | | Sound quality varies throughout the disc, no wonde ... |
surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Opus 3 2000 |
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| Chris Botti - Night Sessions | | | |
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surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Columbia 2000 |
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| Steve Stevens - Flamengo A Go-Go | | | |
|
 | | Personally I think “disco-flamenco” is the worst i ... |
surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| DTS Entertainment 2001 |
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|
 | | Like Björk and Steve Stevens, this is an excellent ... |
surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| DTS Entertainment 2001 |
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| Orff - Carmina Burana | | | | Donald Runnicles | | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus |
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surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Telarc 2001 |
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|
 | | The Chicago V DVD-A is very similar to ... |
surround rating
85%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| Rhino 2003 |
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|
 | | This is a very pure recording from a great artist. ... |
surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Opus 3 2001 |
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|
 | | I never heard about Faith Hill before but decided ... |
surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Warner 2002 |
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| Staind - 14 Shades Of Grey | | | |
|
 | | The problem with heavy metal and hard rock from an ... |
surround rating
85%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| Elektra 2003 |
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| Pieces Of A Dream - Loves's Silhouette | | | |
|
 | | It was with great anticipation I ripped away the p ... |
surround rating
85%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| Heads Up 2002 |
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| Sibelius/Tubin - Symphomy No.2/5 | | | | Paavo Järvi | | Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra |
|
 | | I’m a classical newbie so forgive me for not being ... |
surround rating
85%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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|
| Telarc 2002 |
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| Joe Satriani - Strange And Beautiful Music | | | |
|
 | | Compared to the first Satriani SACD this is a notc ... |
surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Epic 2002 |
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| Spyro Gyra - Original Cinema | | | |
|
 | | Like most other Heads Up SACD’s this is a very goo ... |
surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Heads Up 2002 |
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|
 | | The music it not quite the same as Enigma but I gu ... |
surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Mercury 2003 |
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| Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Symphony No.s 26 and 41 "Jupiter" | | | | Cristian Mandeal | | The "George Enescu" Philharmonic Orchestra |
|
 | | This is really a great recording of some very nice ... |
surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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|
| Aix 2002 |
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| Pat Metheny - Imaginary Day | | | |
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surround rating
85%
stereo rating
 60% | |
ambient - aggressive
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| Warner 2000 |
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| Big Phat Band - Swingin' For The Fences | | | |
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surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Silverline 2000 |
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surround rating
85%
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ambient - aggressive
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| MCA Records 2002 |
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| Steely Dan - Everything Must Go | | | |
|
 | | Hi,This album and Two Against Nature dvd-a ... |
surround rating
85%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| Warner 2003 |
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|
 | | Compared to the DTS-CD there’s really not much bet ... |
surround rating
 80%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| A&M Records 2003 |
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|
 | | I have seen this one been categorized as heavy met ... |
surround rating
80%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Silverline 2003 |
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surround rating
80%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Warner 2001 |
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| David Sanborn - timeagain | | | |
|
 | | Having grown up with the alto sax of Sanborn, I mu ... |
surround rating
80%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Verve 2003 |
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|
 | | The best thing about this SACD is the surround mix ... |
surround rating
80%
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ambient - aggressive
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| A&M Records 2003 |
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surround rating
80%
stereo rating
90% | |
ambient - aggressive
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| Atlantic 2000 |
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| Guarneri String Quartet - Ravel/Debussy/Fauré | | | |
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surround rating
80%
stereo rating
85% | |
ambient - aggressive
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| surroundedby 2001 |
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| Grover Washington, Jr - Winelight | | | |
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surround rating
80%
stereo rating
85% | |
ambient - aggressive
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| Rhino 2002 |
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surround rating
80%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Elektra 2001 |
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| Linkin Park - Reanimation | | | |
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surround rating
80%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Warner 2002 |
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| The Doobie Brothers - The Captain and Me | | | |
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surround rating
80%
stereo rating
 75% | |
ambient - aggressive
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| Warner 2001 |
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surround rating
80%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Reprise 2001 |
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| Jazz At The Movies Band - The Bedroom Mixes | | | |
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surround rating
80%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| Warner 2000 |
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surround rating
80%
stereo rating
85% | |
ambient - aggressive
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| Capitol 2001 |
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| Randy Newman - Little Criminals | | | |
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surround rating
80%
stereo rating
85% | |
ambient - aggressive
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| Rhino 2002 |
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| Paul Simon - You're The One | | | |
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surround rating
80%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| Warner 2000 |
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surround rating
80%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Elektra 2000 |
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| Donald Fagen - Kamakiriad | | | |
|
 | | The first 1½ minute of the opening song Trans I ... |
surround rating
80%
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ambient - aggressive
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| Rhino 2003 |
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| Donald Fagen - The Nightfly | | | |
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surround rating
80%
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ambient - aggressive
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|
| Warner 2002 |
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| Bach - Classics | | | | Don Jackson | | The London Philharmonic |
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surround rating
80%
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ambient - aggressive
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|
| DTS Entertainment 2001 |
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| Grieg - Classical Masters Series | | | | Don Jackson | | The London Philharmonic |
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surround rating
80%
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ambient - aggressive
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|
| Silverline 2001 |
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|
 | | Very interesting from a technical point of view si ... |
surround rating
80%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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|
| Teldec 2001 |
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| Various - Celebrating the music of Weather Report | | | | Michael Brecker, Steve Gadd, Marcus Miller, John Scofield and more |
|
 | | Pretty nice sounding considering that this is “onl ... |
surround rating
80%
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ambient - aggressive
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|
| Telarc 2001 |
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| Alanis Morissette - Under Rug Swept | | | |
|
 | | The first many time I listened to this album I was ... |
surround rating
80%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| Warner 2002 |
|
| Various - Celebrating the music of Weather Report | | | | Michael Brecker, Steve Gadd, Marcus Miller, John Scofield and more |
|
 | | In my opinion this recording is just slightly bett ... |
surround rating
80%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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|
| Telarc 2001 |
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|
 | | My initial thought when listening to some music sa ... |
surround rating
80%
| |
ambient - aggressive
Samples |
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| Skylife 2003 |
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surround rating
80%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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| DTS Entertainment 2002 |
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|
 | | At first the sound quality didn't seem very impre ... |
surround rating
80%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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|
| Columbia 2002 |
|
| Roger Waters - In The Flesh | | | |
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surround rating
80%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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|
| Columbia 2000 |
|
| Bob Mintzer Big Band - Homage To Count Basie | | | |
|
 | | The decision to put this one in the same category ... |
surround rating
80%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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|
| dmp 2001 |
|
| Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions | | | |
|
 | | Solid but nothing much out of the ordinary. The so ... |
surround rating
80%
| |
ambient - aggressive
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|
| A&M Records 2003 |
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| Luther Vandross - Dance With My Father | | | |
|
 | | Sound quality on this one is good, but from an aud ... |
surround rating
80%
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ambient - aggressive
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| j records 2003 |
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