May Archive

Editorial for May 2015

by Audiophile Audition | May 1, 2015 | Editorial

Deutsche Grammophon is donating three copies of their new release of the complete Beethoven Piano Sonatas played by Maurizio Pollini as our May drawing. The 8-CD boxed set was recorded between 1975 and 2014 and most are studio recordings, except for Sonatas Nos. 12 & 21. Here is our review of the set.  The complete set will go to three of our readers who register this month using our simple form. The winners will be listed below in early June.  The lucky winner of the Brilliant Classics 50-CD set – our April drawing – of the compositions of George Philip Telemann is Neal Arluck, Astoria NY. [audaud-hr] GUEST EDITORIAL by Dr. Mark Waldrep of AIX Multichannel Music and High-End DACs Multichannel music is an avenue that audiophiles should explore and embrace. AIX and our partners demonstrated a real high-resolution audio system in the Lakeshore B Ballroom at Axpona and I know that Emotiva also featured surround sound sourced from an OPPO BDP-105. It’s coming…no, it’s already here! There are millions of home theater systems in homes around the country with surround sound. There are at least 16 different automobiles that can deliver surround sound and I count at least a dozen systems for delivering surround sound through a […]