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A Hierarchy of Reel-to-Reel Tape Categories: Notes from a Tape Archivist
07-14-2022 | By Editors at Positive Feedback | Issue 122 I encountered Harold Tichenor recently, while looking for a particular box set of the complete Solti Wagner Ring on Decca...
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Master tapes, shmaster tapes
03-08-2025 | By Rushton Paul | Watch out. This is going to be a bit of a rant.I begin to cringe every time I read/hear from audiophiles: Was it made...
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THE ALTERNATE “JUDY” ALBUM UNRELEASED SESSION TAKES AND MORE
FIRST RELEASE HIGH DEFINITION TAPE TRANSFERS is pleased to present these never-before-heard alternate takes for the songs on Judy Garland’s well-loved 1956 Capitol album entitled “Judy.” These recordings were recently...
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What We Hear With DXD 32-bit Files
Originally written for Positive Feedback 01-18-2024 | By Rushton Paul | Issue 131 I've written here and there about my preference for listening to 32-bit PCM versus 24-bit PCM files (either...
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STOKOWSKI AND RACHMANINOFF SYMPHONY NO. 3
ORIGINAL LINER NOTES FOR THE DESMAR LP RELEASE OF LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI’S 1975 RECORDING OF RACHMANINOFF SYMPHONY NO. 3, WITH 2023 ADDENDUM BY MR. CROCIATA STOKOWSKI AND RACHMANINOFF SYMPHONY NO. 3...
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Introducing HDTT's Vinyl Record Restoration Series
HDTT is introducing a new series of recordings called the VRR (Vinyl Record Restoration) series. As the name implies, we will be releasing high-resolution transfers sourced from great sounding vinyl record...
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Erich Leinsdorf’s comments about Die Walküre
ERICH LEINSDORF’S COMMENTS ABOUT DIE WALKÜREWhen I was twenty and thirty years old, my admiration for the miraculous scores of Wagner’s Tetralogy, known as The Ring, was not matched by...
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TOSCANINI IN HIGH RESOLUTION ?
By John H. Haley Yep. The recordings from the last part of Toscanini’s career, from which we best know his work as a conductor, have always been remarkable for their...
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Judy Garland: June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969 A Centennial Appreciation
By Leon Nock Over the years I have marked the centenaries of several performers in Jazz Journal but I can honestly say that this is the very first - and,...
Read MoreThe Harry Pearson TAS List – How Good Is It?
Rob Pennock - Classical Source Online and Audiophile Sound Magazine For some the HP (Harry Pearson), TAS (The Absolute Sound) list is the audiophile bible of LP sound, which people worship with...
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