SACD Archives - Positive Feedback

From Our NOS Files: "The Higher End – SACD: Mic Feeds and Master Tapes for the Masses!"

David W. Robinson — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 23:45:47 +0000

From Positive Feedback, Volume 8, No. 1, late winter 1998/early spring of 1999... For the record, I have not changed my appraisal of DSD and SACD since I wrote this back in the wee hours of 1999. To my knowledge, Positive Feedback was the first audiophile publication to go on the record supporting DSD/SACD, and we... Read More »

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The D.BOB Digital BreakOut Box: SACD Lives!

Bruce Kinch — Tue, 26 May 2020 20:00:42 +0000

You don't have to be an economist to appreciate that much of Western Civilization is the result of the perennial tug-of-war between progress and profit, the towline under tension too often being…quality. The once well-beaten path to Emerson's maker-of-a-better-mousetrap has long since grown over, the production of an adequate device for the purpose of trapping... Read More »

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Impressions: The Playback Designs MPS-8 Reference SACD/CD Player with Quad DSD DAC and StreamX Streamer Module, Part 1

David W. Robinson — Wed, 15 Aug 2018 03:22:56 +0000

Ye Olde Editor, Happy Valley, Oregon, 2018. Portrait by John Robinson. Playback Designs has returned again…with a vengeance! Their Dream Series of digital audio designs debut here at PF River City with their MPS-8. Part one of my impressions is here…read on for my take on what Andreas Koch and company have achieved. The powerful... Read More »

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Camilla Tilling, "loves me… loves me not…"

John Marks — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 19:43:46 +0000

In which our esteemed friend, John Marks of The Tannhauser Gate (www.thetannhausergate.com) introduces us to yet another worthy singer, she of a truly lovely voice, Camilla Tilling. I was not familiar with Ms. Tilling, but was very much taken by her fine performances on this recording by BIS. As always, John is a sure guide to worthy... Read More »

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Santana's Lotus: Complete Edition in Quad DSD and SACD Surround Sound

Brian Moura — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 23:15:29 +0000

Lotus: Complete Edition, Santana (Photo: Sony Music Japan) Sony Music Japan will be celebrating Santana's upcoming concerts in Japan from April 22 to April 27, 2017 in a big way with the release of a new Complete Edition of the band's legendary Lotus album in DSD 11.2 MHz stereo (also known as DSD 256 or Quad DSD),... Read More »

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My Questions and Answers (MQA): An Interview with Andreas Koch

Andreas Koch — Thu, 16 Mar 2017 23:28:21 +0000

My Questions and Answers (MQA) An interview of and by Andreas Koch on the subject of digital audio formats In the age of digital audio it appears that a new format is trying to conquer the consumer market every few years, but their success-to-failure ratio is much smaller than 1. It makes us wonder why... Read More »

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Impressions: Robinson's Brutus Awards for 2016, Part The Last

David W. Robinson — Sat, 24 Dec 2016 01:30:36 +0000

Herewith is Impressions: Robinson's Brutus Awards for 2016, Part The Last. Part The First can be found HERE, Part The Second HERE, Part The Third HERE, and Part The Fourth HERE. Music Software/Record Companies/Download Sites Year in and year out, we audiophiles and music lovers rely on our trusted labels, recording companies, re-issuers, and download sites to provide us with... Read More »

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John Marks' Vault Treasures: Frank Sinatra, 'Where Are You?'

John Marks — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 18:35:24 +0000

This week, John Marks touches on one of the truly great popular singers of the 20th Century, Frank Sinatra. Where Are You? comes to us from the later 1950s, and shows Sinatra maturing in his mastery. It also shows us just how great the recording arts had already progressed by this time. With his "Vault Treasures"... Read More »

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Impressions: From an Editor’s Notebook

David W. Robinson — Sun, 17 Jul 2016 22:44:36 +0000

In which our hero meditates… Some plaudits where plaudits are due I have several items that have been accumulating in my notebook for a couple of months now. One was a notion for a full review that didn't need to be done, since another PF reviewer (Marshall Nack) did the main lifting; the others were candidates for... Read More »

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Respighi Impressioni brasiliane, La Boutique fantasque

John Marks — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 07:05:00 +0000

John Marks' first cross-published music review from The Tannhauser Gate (http://www.thetannhausergate.com) is of a composer near and dear to my heart for many years now: Ottorino Respighi. I have many of his recordings various formats, including LP, CD, and SACD, but am always pleased to find a new recording that renews my delight with his creative... Read More »

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