Which albums delivered the best technical performance among those I tested on MagicVinylDigital.net in 2025? 2025 was a particularly rich year for album releases, both in terms of brand-new productions and anniversary editions. It was also marked by a noticeable increase in Blu-ray releases featuring Dolby Atmos versions, along with several high-quality stereo tracks.Below isContinue reading “Best Albums of 2025 reviewed in Digital, Analog, and Immersive (Dolby Atmos) Formats.”
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The best albums tested in 2024 in all digital, analog and spatial sound (Atmos) formats.
I’m often asked which are the best albums I’ve tested from a technical point of view.So here’s a ranking of the best albums (without taking into account the artistic aspect) according to 3 categories: Digital, Analog and Dolby Atmos (TrueHD and Dolby Digital Plus). Let’s start with the best album of 2024, in all categories,Continue reading “The best albums tested in 2024 in all digital, analog and spatial sound (Atmos) formats.”
Review of the week’s new releases : Madeleine Peyroux – Let’s Walk, Imagine Dragons – LOOM, Renaud Capuçon – Gabriel Fauré, Johnny Cash – Songwriter – (Test stereo and Atmos)
This week’s new releases with a review of 4 albums: This News, comprising 4 albums, introduces a new format for short reviews of albums. The short reviews are similar to the usual reviews, with all the measurements (waveform, spectrogram, Dynamic Range, spatialization) and samples in a more compact format, limited to 2 or 3 versionsContinue reading “Review of the week’s new releases : Madeleine Peyroux – Let’s Walk, Imagine Dragons – LOOM, Renaud Capuçon – Gabriel Fauré, Johnny Cash – Songwriter – (Test stereo and Atmos)”
Duran Duran – DANSE MACABRE – Review – (Test: smog vinyl record, Tidal MAX Flac, Tidal Dolby Atmos) – The Halloween music album
The legendary band Duran Duran are back in the spotlight with their 16th studio album, Danse Macabre. Released for Halloween, the album features a dark, mysterious atmosphere inspired by the legends of gothic rock. Fans of the band will be treated to Simon Le Bon’s charismatic vocals, accompanied by haunting melodies and driving rhythms. TheContinue reading “Duran Duran – DANSE MACABRE – Review – (Test: smog vinyl record, Tidal MAX Flac, Tidal Dolby Atmos) – The Halloween music album”
Kylie Minogue – Tension – Review singles Padam Padam and Tension (Test Amazon Music Ultra HD and Dolby Atmos)
This is Kylie Minogue’s sixteenth studio album, to be released on September 22, 2023. Her previous album “Disco” was released in 2020. The album contains 11 tracks, including the first single from the album, “Padam Padam”, and the second, “Disco”, a hypnotic electro song written by Ina Wroldsen and Peter Rycroft, aka Lostboy. The albumContinue reading “Kylie Minogue – Tension – Review singles Padam Padam and Tension (Test Amazon Music Ultra HD and Dolby Atmos)”
Lana Del Rey – Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd – Review (Test : vinyl, white vinyl, Qobuz Hi-Res, Apple Dolby Atmos). What is the best colour for vinyl?
After the albums Blue Banisters and Chemtrails Over the Country Club released in 2021, Lana Del ray is back with a new album Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd. This is the 9th studio album of the singer Lana Del Rey which contains 16 tracks plus a little over 77 minutesContinue reading “Lana Del Rey – Did you know that there’s a tunnel under Ocean Blvd – Review (Test : vinyl, white vinyl, Qobuz Hi-Res, Apple Dolby Atmos). What is the best colour for vinyl?”
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Return Of The Dream Canteen – Review (Vinyl, Qobuz Hi-Res, Tidal Master)
Return of the Dream Canteen is the second album of the Red Hot Chili Peppers to be released this year, it is also the 13th studio album of the group, this one was recorded at the Shangri-La studio in Malibu like Unlimited Love (You can find the review here). This album is composed of 17Continue reading “Red Hot Chili Peppers – Return Of The Dream Canteen – Review (Vinyl, Qobuz Hi-Res, Tidal Master)”
Ghostbusters – Original Soundtrack Album (Vinyl Japan, remastered vs CD vs 24/96)
One of the current question is: what is the best edition of an album, on vinyl, on digital, or both? Who never asks the question. For example, we can have several hundred version for the same album, and it is impossible to describe all of them. In this article, we have chosen a few versionsContinue reading “Ghostbusters – Original Soundtrack Album (Vinyl Japan, remastered vs CD vs 24/96)”
Back to the Future – Soundtrack (Vinyl, CD)
Soundtrack of the famous movie “Back to the Future”. This album was recorded in analog. You will find the following items for this album: The tested editions Measurements Dynamic Waveform Bandwidth Notation/Rating/Samples The tested editions are : Ed1: Back to the Future, Vinyl MCA Records ref : P-13178 , 1985. Ed2 : Back to the Future,Continue reading “Back to the Future – Soundtrack (Vinyl, CD)”
Vinyl and Digital Releases : Liszt / Sviatoslav Richter: Concertos For Piano And Orchestra Nos. 1 & 2 (Vinyl pure analog and Diapason, CD diapason, Digital HDTT)
We are here in the presence of a recording of July 1961 at the Walthamstow Assembly Hall in London. Sviatoslav Richter tackles here the works of Liszt, in particular the concertos for piano and orchestra numbers 1 and 2. Very technical and very difficult, it takes here all the talent of Sviatoslav Richter to haveContinue reading “Vinyl and Digital Releases : Liszt / Sviatoslav Richter: Concertos For Piano And Orchestra Nos. 1 & 2 (Vinyl pure analog and Diapason, CD diapason, Digital HDTT)”