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In Reply to: Naxos recordings are sonically a mixed bag; Any way to guess which releases don't have treble glare posted by Nieustevea@msn.com on March 13, 2007 at 10:21:14:

I've sold, swapped, or given away far more classical DG recordings on grounds of indifferent sonics than I have of Naxos. In fact I can't think of a single Naxos recording I've "let go" because I was irritated by the sound quality.
Such wild and unsubstantiated generalisations are unnecessary and damaging. Thank god we've got one recording enterprise that is intent on recording and expanding the classical repetoire. The so-called majors have been running for cover for a long time now, only putting out reissues or classifying the likes of Hayley Westenra and Charlotte Church as classical artists.

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Re: Naxos recordings are sonically a mixed bag; Any way to guess which releases don't have treble glare - Nieustevea@msn.com 08:35:53 03/14/07 (0)
In retrospect (also having gone back & listened to a few releases in my collection) I may have been a little tough on the Naxos label as a whole. I guess I would still prefer more midrange presence ,but some of the recordings are pretty nice. Getting off suject, DG seems to go through cycles of good to horrid sound going all the way back to the days of vinyl.
No THERE'S a "digital conspiracy"!:-)... - SE 05:14:39 03/14/07 (1)
I agree with you FULLY -- DG 1980's basically suck (there are a few exceptions). I think they utilized the entire decade as a testing ground in preparation for their "DG Originals" campaign, which basically started the "remaster" craze. Unfortunately, most of these remasters ARE substantially better than the first issues, so I scoop 'em up. There's a fine line between an overt conspiracy, a calculated mis-step and an outright improvement (however unpleasant the result, such as the need to repurchase).
- Some good early reissues on to CD - Pat D 08:01:28 03/14/07 (0)
  I never got many of the original DG reissues, and not with much luck, I think.
  On the other hand, London/Decca reissues often were excellent, so they seemed to have known very early how to do it well. And since I was (and am) something of an Ansermet fan, I got quite a few of their reissues. London Weekend Classics are often quite nice.
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