Dear Ed<\/p>\n
You\u2019re preaching to the choir! I fully expect to experience the full glory merely hinted at in your CD and presaged by the Xiang tape. I\u2019ve been a reel-to-reel devotee for years now, but your efforts have impressed me the most: top-shelf musical performance coupled with uncompromisingly superb reproduction.<\/p>\n
I am feeling much better, thank you. Perhaps your tape had something to do with it \u2013 just what the doctor ordered and better than a trip to Lourdes; music has a way of doing that!<\/p>\n
Regards,<\/p>\n
Peter<\/p>\n
Dear Ed,<\/p>\n
I\u2019m starting to get the notion you\u2019re a kindred audio spirit.<\/p>\n
I took your CD to work with me yesterday and set my player on Repeat mode. I grew so \u201ctired\u201d of it, I returned to work today and reprised the experience. Just a virtuoso performance of some of the most sublime music these ears have ever been exposed to. And, by the way, the recording itself is the best I\u2019ve ever experienced in the digital domain as well \u2013 and that engenders all the
\nvarieties of encoding, be they cd, sacd and even k2hd\u2026. you name it!<\/p>\n
When I played it yet again just an hour ago at home through my super system, my wife was equally wowed, remarking \u201cwhat gorgeous music\u201d and \u201cgreat recording.\u201d<\/p>\n
Well, I think you get the idea, so lest you get a swelled head, I think I\u2019ll just stop and thank you once again.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m just bursting with anticipation awaiting arrival of those tapes!<\/p>\n
Regards,<\/p>\n
Peter<\/p>\n
Dear Ed,<\/p>\n
As I left for work this morning, my doorman announced to me that a package had just arrived, showed it to me, and I immediately recognized it as yours. I must confess, there was a temptation to \u201cplay hooky,\u201d but I resisted and proceeded to go to work and torture myself all day with the knowledge of what lay awaiting my return home.<\/p>\n
When I arrived home, I wolfed down dinner, and, FINALLY, started to listen\u2026.<\/p>\n
What more could I possibly say about the Beethoven\/Rachmaninoff\/Chopin performance & sound than what I\u2019ve already expressed? The only thing I would add is that my very high expectations were met\u2026.and then some. I am enamored of this recording!<\/p>\n
As to the other goodies, I again thank you for the two extra cd\u2019s; one will be added to my small but selective collection at work, the other for our car (we only have one \u2013 remember, we live in NYC, where garage spaces are less than plentiful).<\/p>\n
And now to the final \u2013 and sonically, the best \u2013 that almost-jazzlike, modern classical-sounding Chinese cello piece. It reminds me, ever so vaguely, of a UHQR pressing on the Reference Recording label & mastered by Dr. Keith Johnson, an analogue recording of the Kronos Trio doing, of all things, a blues program. The recording per se was stunning and the program material worked beautifully, not gimmicky in the slightest.<\/p>\n
I think your recording will have a similar appeal: It will blow audiophiles away with its stupendous sound (demo material for sure, and in spades!) and will appeal to those of us music lovers with truly eclectic tastes!<\/p>\n
Now, what could you possibly do for an encore?<\/p>\n
Regards,<\/p>\n
Peter<\/p>\n
Dear Ed,<\/p>\n
Regarding my musical preferences, let me just put it in the following context:<\/p>\n
My wife and I are \u201cfoodies\u201d; we frequent some of New York\u2019s best restaurants, and when we return to a favorite spot we invariably order the chef\u2019s tasting menu. It\u2019s basically our way of saying, \u201cWe completely trust your ability, and anything you prepare will make us happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
So it is with you. You are the \u201cchef,\u201d and just about anything you whip up will satisfy.<\/p>\n
That being said, I do have more than a passing preference for cello\/piano, percussion and just about any chamber piece. Since I\u2019ve already indicated my love of small-scale jazz groups, I won\u2019t continue to beat that dead horse\u2026..but if you ever change your mind\u2026<\/p>\n
I trust we\u2019ll be speaking again soon.<\/p>\n
Regards,
\nPeter<\/p>\n
Dear Ed,<\/p>\n
Normally, I try to avoid hyperbole, because these days everything is characterized as the latest, the greatest, totally awesome (I\u2019ve never come across anything merely \u201cpartially\u201d awesome!) or amazing \u2026. ad nauseum\u2026<\/p>\n
I played all three tapes last night, and I must say I\u2019m having difficulty finding the right terms; surely those aforementioned are woefully inadequate. Even superlatives such as \u201cbreathtaking\u201d and \u201cne plus ultra\u201d fall short.<\/p>\n
So let me just say these recordings, particularly the live performances, are the finest I\u2019ve ever heard, and are of such a transcendent nature, in my humble opinion, will never be bested. The most anyone could possibly hope for (and this includes even you) is to equal them, and I won\u2019t be holding my breath for that to happen any time soon. In short, the recordings were PERFECT\u2026. not almost, but absolutely! I\u2019ve never said that about any of my recordings or anyone else\u2019s \u2026. and just to think, you weren\u2019t even sure they were good enough for publication!<\/p>\n
Congratulations, and thank you, thank you, thank you!<\/p>\n
Peter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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