Hi Ed, I had a chance today to listen to both tapes and they are fantastic, you’ve certainly raised your already amazing sonic bar. The immediacy and clarity of the piano combined with the fantastic transient response are the very best I’ve ever heard. Then there’s the dynamic range and power that never sounds bounded […]
By Steve Williams, WBF owner: Things have been quiet for Ed Pong at Ultraanalogue recordings due to the Covid pandemic and only recently did Ed release his latest tapes. I have to admit that I was somewhat reluctant at first hearing only a piano sonata without accompaniment but knowing the quality put into the recording […]
Dave Denyer from The Reel to Reel Rambler posted a review of two of Ultra Analogue’s Alena Baeva Recordings of Schubert pieces. Here is a short excerpt of the review and a link to read his full review: “Why, you might ask (and it’s a good question) did I shell out several hundred bucks on […]
Just got the 4 tapes yesterday Perfect sound! Thank you very much Boris
The five tracks are “Danse Macabre” by Camille Saint-Saens, “Zigeunerweisen” by Pablo de Sarasate, “Nigun” by Bloch, “Introduction & Tarantella” by Pablo de Sarasate, and “Meditation” by Jules Massenet, all composed in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. The sound is just marvelous. They used a special bow for the violin, and I have to […]
Edward Pong Edward Pong is the owner of UltraAnalogue Recordings. Those in the high-end reel-to-reel community will need no introduction to Ed; his stellar RTR recordings are magnificent, and really embody the sorts of audio virtues that audiophiles can appreciate all day long. As a very long-time RTR lover myself, I asked Ed to write […]
Check out our newest digital download, Beethoven Moonlight Sonata, Debussy Rhapsody for Clarinet and Weber Concertino for Clarinet.
Finally I had a chance to visit Roger today who calibrated my machine. I also collected the tape that I just finished to listened to on cold equipment ( I couldn’t wait ).If I had to describe the sound and quality of the recording it would be ” heavenly amazing “I didn’t realize violin can […]
The first thing that strikes me about this tape is the intro piano work. It lets me hear just the piano and the room which being the two things that seldom change in these tapes helps me get my bearings… but this time it sounds so different. I almost didn’t recognize the piano and even […]
UltraAnalogue Recordings received the Positive Feedback Writers’ Choice Award 2020, from Myles Astor for the tape Chopin: Introduction & Polonaise brillante – Chopin: Etude in C-sharpe minor (2x with different bows) – Paganini: Variations on a theme by Rossini from the opera Moses in Egypt Positive Feedback wrote: Classical, 15 ips, reel-to-reel tape: Chopin: Introduction & […]