Monthly Archive: January 2008
Kenny Werner – Lawn Chair Society – Blue Note/EMI
Compositionally driven, with influences ranging from bop to computer music to the Beatles, and more.
BEETHOVEN: Christ on the Mount of Olives–Oratorio, Op. 85 – Jan Peerce, tenor/ Maria Stader, soprano/Otto Wiener, bass/ Vienna Academy Chorus and Vienna State Opera Orchestra/ Hermann Scherchen – HDTT CD-R or DVD-R
From a 1962 open reel tape; many audiophile delights
New Year’s Eve in Saint Petersburg (2006)
Valery Gergiev conducts this tribute to St. Petersburg, consisting primarily of Sleeping Beauty excerpts.
Siberiade (1979)
A huge historical epic covering the history of Russia in the first half of the last century, with a focus on Siberia.
Editorial for January 2008
Welcome to Adobe GoLive 6 LipFix.com is awarding two Felston DD740 lip sync delay boxes to Audiophile Audition readers this month who register here. Many AV receivers and preamps advertise they include a video delay feature, which is actually an audio delay – since the audio is usually ahead of the video. However, this is a fixed delay which may compensate for your particular display or even the station, but not for the variances between programs or even during a single telecast or DVD! Only an outboard unit such as the Felston can do that fine-tuning. If one of the winners is already a registered owner of any of the Felston units, they will receive full reimbursement of their purchase price or a choice of one of the other Felston delays. Register here to be entered in the drawing on February 1. The 12 AUDIOPHILE AUDITION readers who registered during December and are being sent the two Mack Avenue CDs (one a Gerald Wilson Band SACD) are: Peter Blokland, the Netherlands; Alexia Holyoak, Manunda, Australia; John Millheim, Cape Coral, Fl; Doug Long, Rio Rancho, NM; Ted Palmer, St. Augustine, FL; Harry Brener, Arcadia, CA; Paul Johnston, NYC; John Qualls, […]
Stereotypes Audio
Cembal d’amour
Pure Pleasure / Speakers Corner
Cedille
