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Thanks! I have Barenboim Beethoven 3, 6, 7, & 8. I agree, they sound "OK".

Posted by Striving for Musical Clarity (A) on May 1, 2003 at 11:56:55

In Reply to: Try these . . . posted by Martin on May 1, 2003 at 03:00:19:

I also have Barenboim conducting Chicago on Mahler 5.

Contrast these to my multichannel SACDs including, for instance, the MTT San Francisco Symphony recordings of Mahler 1, 3, and 6 and my Delos Schnittke concerto for piano and strings / Shostakovich Chamber Symphony (Orbelian w/ the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, there's no contest. To me, the DVD-A recordings lean toward sounding somewhat CD-like where the SACDs sound more vinyl-like. To my ears with SACD each instrument sounds more like they're in the room with me; they sound more lifelike (you hear more woodiness in the clarinet and hear more of the wood texture in the stringed instruments). With the SACDs there's much more clarity and separation, more ability to close your eyes and point to the instruments in the orchestra (remember, I'm comparing these using the exact same system and room accoustics).

Now I didn't write this to argue DVD-A against SACD, all I want to do is discover that DVD-As can sound as good as my SACDs so I can open up my choices in music selection.

Thanks again for your recommendations. Now, of these, which would you rate as best recordings (not necessarily best performance). I'd like to do a comparison of best against best and then go from there.

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