The last album of Patricia Barber Clique! was produced with an audiophile approach privileging the musical quality with the implementation of the latest technologies. This album was produced in the best imaginable conditions, recorded by Jim Anderson in DXD ultra-high resolution (32bit/ 352.8 kHz) with Pyramix system and Horus audio interface, mixed in stereo andContinue reading “Patricia Barber – Clique Review (Vinyl, DXD 2.0, DXD 5.1, Qobuz, SACD 2.0, SACD 5.1,CD MQA, Tidal)”
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Patricia Barber, fist track “This Town” of new Album Clique!
Patricia Barber has announced the release of her new album Clique! for august 6th. This album was produced in the best possible conditions, recorded by Jim Anderson in DXD ultra-high resolution (32bit/ 352.8 kHz) with Pyramix system and Horus audio interface, mixed in stereo and 5.1 by Anderson at Skywalker Sound and mastered by BobContinue reading “Patricia Barber, fist track “This Town” of new Album Clique!”
Record Store Day – Disquaire Day – 2021
The Record Store Day (USA) and Disquaire Day (France) take place today June 12th for the first part and will be followed by a second part on July 17th.Find all the available vinyls and independent sellers for the USA recordstoreday.com and for France recordstoreday.com As every year there arAs every year, there are many exclusiveContinue reading “Record Store Day – Disquaire Day – 2021”
Dianne Reeves “I Remember”, review now on Youtube
In addition to the review of the album “I remember” here, you can now see the review on youtube with this link. The vidéo is for the moment in French, but English subtitles are available. See you soon,Jeff
Streaming better than CD (Streaming vs CD)
Two supports for music with two different evolutions. The CD Let’s start with the oldest of the two, the CD.CDs have arrived in December 1982 (March 1983 in France) with as argument a better dynamic (90 dB), no surface noise compared to the vinyl. The CD ended up dominating the market from 1988. The loudnesswarContinue reading “Streaming better than CD (Streaming vs CD)”
Brothers in Arms : Abbey Road Studios Vinyl Review
The Brothers in Arms album remastered at Abbey Road Studios is now available.It’s a very nice pressing, find all the details, two samples and its comparison with the other editions here.
The cassette comes back
After the return of the vinyl records, we talk again about the cassette.What is the quality of a cassette?This is what we will find out by comparing the cassette with other media.For this first test of a cassette, we will use a Nakamichi LX3. The cassette will be played without Dolby B and with anContinue reading “The cassette comes back”
10th album reviewed
For the 10th album, it’s two great boxes “Histoires de” of the singer Mylène Farmer which will be analyzed. These two boxes represent the 37 and 38 releases tested.In a few statistics :17 vinyl releases of albums12 CD releases of albums3 SACD releases of albums6 Hi-Res releases of albums The resume of the albums reviewedContinue reading “10th album reviewed”
Abbey Road Studio announces Dire Straits “Brothers in Arms” with Half-speed mastered
Abbey Road Studio announces Brothers in Arms” with Half-speed mastered by Miles Showell at Abbey Road. This album and Mark Knopfler’s soundtrack to the 1983 film Local Hero will be reissued on 180-gram vinyl on 19 March. While waiting for the new edition to be available, you can find the review of “Brothers in Arms”Continue reading “Abbey Road Studio announces Dire Straits “Brothers in Arms” with Half-speed mastered”
Mylène Farmer – Histoires De, available on vinyl
After the release of the CD version in December 2020, the vinyl version has just been released.The box set contains 6 vinyl records and includes a 24-page bookletHere are the first images of this superb box set while waiting for its complete review. It will be compared to the CD box set in pictures belowContinue reading “Mylène Farmer – Histoires De, available on vinyl”