I recently had to do a slight modification to my Studer A80 RC deck, since I use the NextGen playback amplifiers the front chassis panel is left hanging down. With the NextGen boards the audio outputs are taken from the front of the plugin plates rather than at the rear of the console. This is […]
‘Woah!’: On being blown away by Beethoven’s final three piano sonatas from UltraAnalogue Recordings – Dave Denyer: The Reel-to-Reel Rambler (thereeltoreelrambler.com)
I’m very happy to announce the release of a 2 tape set of Beethoven’s last 3 Piano Sonatas, No.30,31,32 by Van Cliburn winner Vadym Kholodenko.These are studio recordings made with our latest upgrades to the bypass caps in the microphone pre-amp. Together with our new WE300b playback amp for the Studer A80, the soundscape has […]
Posted on Decware Tape Forum: 10/31/20 Steve Deckert’s Review of 2 tapes: Beethoven Cello Sonata No.5 – Narek Hakhnazaryan and Noreen Polera Mendelssohn Violin Concerto: Alena Baeva and Vadym Kholodenko As promised a re-visit of these two tapes on my hi-end reference system. I thought I was going to listen to a classical tape… you […]
Hi Ed, I played the new tapes, Mendelssohn Violin Concerto and Mendelssohn Piano Trio No. 1, as soon as I got them. I was stunned by how good they were. I expected them to be excellent because the tapes I’ve purchased in the past have been outstanding in terms of performance and sonics. However, these […]
Hi Ed,The tape is absolutely stunning. As I mentioned before, I am not a musician nor a knowledgeable student of classical music. For me music is an emotional connection. Music at its best offers a deep immersive experience and the Mendelssohn tape delivers this in spades. You are drawn into the performance. With the lights […]
Firstly, the recording is absolutely stunning. I have never heard anything approaching such reality on my system. The three other new prerecorded tapes I have are excellent but are definitely not in the same league. So that’s very good news. David
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 […]