In Reply to: RE: Interesting posted by Norman M on July 16, 2017 at 09:52:53:
Norman, I fully agree. Those folks made some terrific recordings of many great concert performances! I no longer have a serious LP system but, decades ago, some of those LP's brightened my days in special ways.
In fact, old as they are, some of their master tapes became fabulous transcriptions into SACD. In just 2 channels, some can display sonic imaging that commands and builds its own huge hall, far larger than the room, often with "visuals" included. Some also capture details and textures that more modern recordings missed.
Just this morning I ordered another SACD copy of the one linked below, for a gift. Ravel's "Daphnis et Chloe" is not light music, even masterfully directed by Charles Munch. However, when played on a planar system, I've seen a teen's eyes widen in amazement, and then refocus them on some of the orchestral elements staged way outside the room boundaries. Then you hear the question you've been asked before, "Did you say 1955? My father wasn't even born then!"
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