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Blue Dream — Fiona Joy Hawkins

The first SACD released by an Australian independent artist: new age piano produced by Will Ackerman and mastered by Bob Ludwig, in a mix I wanted to be bolder.

Dreams and False Alarms — Andy Milne

Solo piano readings of Mitchell, Sting, Marley, Young and Dylan that take their time letting you work out which song you are hearing. Audition before buying.

Places You Go — Brad Shepik Trio

A trio with a Hammond B-3 where the acoustic bass should be, playing original mid-tempo numbers and ballads. Almost an hour long, and I wanted more.

Think Like the Waves — Gordon Grdina

ECM-ish contemporary jazz coloured by oud and Middle Eastern lines, with Gary Peacock and Paul Motian completing the trio, in an enveloping 5.0 mix.

Purity — T Minus 5

An a cappella collection of hymns recorded with no limiting, compression or artificial reverb — unusually clear about the voice, and unforgiving about any note that strays.

Ten at 86 — Joe McQueen and friends

An IsoMike four-channel jazz recording made with baffled microphones, at the lowest level I had met on a commercial disc, where the ambience channels matter more than I expected.

Wagner: Siegfried — Asher Fisch and the Adelaide Ring

The opera in the cycle I had always liked least, in a performance and recording that changed my mind — the best balanced of the four, and the one to sample multichannel SACD on.

Dark Clouds — Stu Goldberg and Cassius Khan

Piano and tabla, and the rare SACD where I preferred the stereo mix — with an explanation from the producer of why the surround ambience was built the way it was.

Building a Windows MCE 2005 PC - Part 3

Installing and configuring Media Center 2005, the tuner and display setup, and the things the manual does not tell you.

Building a Windows MCE 2005 PC - Part 2

The build itself — case, motherboard, tuners and the quiet-running compromises a machine that lives in a living room has to make.

Cary Cinema 6 AV Processor Review

A review of Cary Audio Design's Cinema 6 AV processor, with bench measurements alongside the listening.

Bach: Italian Concerto and Partitas — Glenn Gould

Gould at his most accessible, playing the piano rather like a harpsichord — the best introduction to him on SACD, stray clicks and omnipresent hiss notwithstanding.

Chet — Chet Baker

Ballads from 1958 with Bill Evans and Kenny Burrell, where the SACD layer reveals tape dropouts and saturation that the CD layer turns into something like clipping.

A Boy Named Charlie Brown — Vince Guaraldi Trio

A 1965 television soundtrack that still sounds startlingly alive, hard-panned in the manner of early stereo, and emphatically not the kiddies’ music the cover suggests.

Panasonic DVD-S97 DVD Player Review

A review of the Panasonic DVD-S97 universal player, including its video processing and how it handles progressive output.

Building a Windows MCE 2005 PC - Part 1

Building a Windows Media Center Edition 2005 home theatre PC: what the platform could do in 2005, and choosing the parts.

Denon DVD-3910

A review of the Denon DVD-3910 for MichaelDVD.

Denon DVD-1710

A review of the Denon DVD-1710 for MichaelDVD.

NAD T513

A review of the NAD T513 for MichaelDVD.

Dynamic Comparison SACD vs CD - Part 5

The last of the series: SACD against CD on the same titles, and a look at whether the format or the master is doing the work.

Dynamic Comparison of LPs vs CDs - Part 4

Turning the same measurements on vinyl: LP transfers against their CD counterparts, and where the audible differences really come from.

Dynamic Comparison of CD, DVD-A, SACD - Part 1

Recording the CD, DVD-A and SACD releases of one album through the same converter and comparing what came back — waveforms, levels and ultrasonic content.

Dynamic Comparison of CD, DVD-A, SACD - Part 2

The second part of the format comparison: spectral analysis of the same three transfers, and what the ultrasonic energy above 22kHz actually contains.

Dynamic Comparison of CD, DVD-A, SACD - Part 3

Closing the three-format comparison with the dynamic range figures, and what they say about mastering rather than about the formats themselves.

Distortion on the Denon AVC-A1SE+

A short measurement note: harmonic distortion that turned out to belong to the amplifier rather than to any of the players feeding it.

Digital TV Software

A 2004 APC Magazine roundup of four Windows programs for watching and recording digital television in Australia, reproduced from the Word file as it was sent to the magazine, editorial scaffolding and all.

Digital TV software: APC's edit

The same 2004 roundup after APC's Dan Warne had been through it, a third shorter, with a co-author added, the boxout cut and two of my mistakes fixed.

Remote controls for your HTPC

The third piece of my July 2004 APC batch, a Girder and TIRA tutorial with two boxouts, reproduced from the manuscript as it left my hands — with the draft's self-written brief and what changed between the two versions on the way to the deadline.

The ultimate Windows HTPC

The myHTPC workshop from my July 2004 APC batch, reproduced from the manuscript that went to the magazine — the piece that was commissioned at the highest rate, abandoned on day one under an XMLTV heading, and finished across one long weekend.

Denon DVD-2200

A review of the Denon DVD-2200 for MichaelDVD.

Comparing Audio Tracks on Music DVDs

Why most of my music DVDs did not sound as good as my CDs, traced through the waveforms of the same recordings in every format the discs offered.

Jazz in an R&B Groove — a HighNote compilation

The companion HighNote compilation, and the better sounding of the two — clean, airy and room-filling, with the CD layer clearly behind the DSD stereo.

Kinda Jazzy Kinda Funky — a HighNote compilation

A mid-priced HighNote compilation whose cheesy title and blurb undersell it: consistent instrumental tracks, mixed a little low, with the DSD layer tightening the bass.

Linn Unidisk 2.1

A review of the Linn Unidisk 2.1 for MichaelDVD.

Denon DVD-2900

A review of the Denon DVD-2900 for MichaelDVD.

The Dark Side of the Moon — Pink Floyd

The 30th Anniversary SACD ranked against a Quad LP, two earlier CD masterings and a bootleg DTS disc — seven versions of one album, each with its own sonic character.

Forget About It — Alison Krauss

Soft ballads with only hints of bluegrass, on a stereo hybrid where the SACD layer is mastered at least 3dB below the CD and the two make for genuinely different listening.

Steppin' — Christy Baron

Chesky's jazz and R&B arrangements of pop tunes, with the rolled-off top end and barely used surround channels typical of the label's multichannel discs.

Getz/Gilberto — Stan Getz and João Gilberto

The Verve single-layer SACD against a battered LP and the Master Edition CD: more presence on the saxophone and voices, and enough resolution to expose tape faults the CD had hidden.

Pioneer DV-S733A

A review of the Pioneer DV-S733A for MichaelDVD, written with Tony Rogers.

Denon DVD-3800

A review of the Denon DVD-3800 for MichaelDVD.

Denon DVD-A1

A review of the Denon DVD-A1 for MichaelDVD, written with John Lee.

Sony DVP-NS905V

A review of the Sony DVP-NS905V for MichaelDVD.

An Officer And A Gentleman

The Region 4 DVD of An Officer And A Gentleman (1981), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 4 out of 5 overall.

What Women Want

The Region 4 DVD of What Women Want (2000), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 4 out of 5 overall.

Space Cowboys

The Region 4 DVD of Space Cowboys (2000), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 4 out of 5 overall.

The Goldberg Variations

The Region 4 DVD of The Goldberg Variations (1981), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 4 out of 5 overall.

The Living Daylights: Special Edition

The Region 4 DVD of The Living Daylights: Special Edition (1987), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3.5 out of 5 overall.

The Truman Show

The Region 4 DVD of The Truman Show (1998), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 4 out of 5 overall.

The English Patient

The Region 4 DVD of The English Patient (1996), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 5 out of 5 overall.

The Way We Were: Collector's Edition

The Region 4 DVD of The Way We Were: Collector's Edition (1973), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3.5 out of 5 overall.

Grey Owl

The Region 4 DVD of Grey Owl, reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3 out of 5 overall.

Pride and Prejudice

The Region 4 DVD of Pride and Prejudice (1995), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3 out of 5 overall.

Oasis-Familiar To Millions

The Region 4 DVD of Oasis-Familiar To Millions (2000), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 4 out of 5 overall.

Earl Klugh: The Jazz Channel Presents

The Region 4 DVD of Earl Klugh: The Jazz Channel Presents (2000), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3.5 out of 5 overall.

Oasis ... There and Then

The Region 4 DVD of Oasis ... There and Then (1996), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3 out of 5 overall.

The Sound of Music

The Region 4 DVD of The Sound of Music (1965), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3.5 out of 5 overall.

Bobby Womack: The Jazz Channel Presents

The Region 4 DVD of Bobby Womack: The Jazz Channel Presents (2000), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3 out of 5 overall.

My Dog Skip

The Region 4 DVD of My Dog Skip (2000), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 5 out of 5 overall.

The Cell

The Region 4 DVD of The Cell (2000), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3.5 out of 5 overall.

James Galway - At The Waterfront

The Region 4 DVD of James Galway - At The Waterfront (1999), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3.5 out of 5 overall.

Gossip

The Region 4 DVD of Gossip (2000), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 4 out of 5 overall.

Carole King: In Concert

The Region 4 DVD of Carole King: In Concert (1994), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3.5 out of 5 overall.

Cube

The Region 4 DVD of Cube (1997), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3.5 out of 5 overall.

GalaxyQuest

The Region 4 DVD of GalaxyQuest (1999), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 4 out of 5 overall.

James Bond: For Your Eyes Only

The Region 4 DVD of James Bond: For Your Eyes Only (1981), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 4 out of 5 overall.

Desperately Seeking Susan

The Region 4 DVD of Desperately Seeking Susan, reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3 out of 5 overall.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show

The Region 4 DVD of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, reviewed for MichaelDVD — 4.5 out of 5 overall.

Laurel and Hardy: The Music Box

The Region 4 DVD of Laurel and Hardy: The Music Box, reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3 out of 5 overall.

Arthur

The Region 4 DVD of Arthur, reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3 out of 5 overall.

Sting - The Brand New Day Tour

The Region 4 DVD of Sting - The Brand New Day Tour, reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3.5 out of 5 overall.

EarthScapes

The Region 4 DVD of EarthScapes, reviewed for MichaelDVD — 2 out of 5 overall.

Hearst Castle: Building The Dream

The Region 4 DVD of Hearst Castle: Building The Dream, reviewed for MichaelDVD — 2.5 out of 5 overall.

La Bohème

The Region 4 DVD of La Bohème, reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3.5 out of 5 overall.

Lou Rawls: The Jazz Channel Presents

The Region 4 DVD of Lou Rawls: The Jazz Channel Presents, reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3.5 out of 5 overall.

The Best of Wham!

The Region 4 DVD of The Best of Wham! (1997), reviewed for MichaelDVD — 2.5 out of 5 overall.

Pleasantville

The Region 4 DVD of Pleasantville, reviewed for MichaelDVD — 4.5 out of 5 overall.

I Dreamed Of Africa

The Region 4 DVD of I Dreamed Of Africa, reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3.5 out of 5 overall.

Loser

The Region 4 DVD of Loser, reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3 out of 5 overall.

Beloved

The Region 4 DVD of Beloved, reviewed for MichaelDVD — 3.5 out of 5 overall.

Peter Frampton: Live In Detroit

The Region 4 DVD of Peter Frampton: Live In Detroit, reviewed for MichaelDVD — 4.5 out of 5 overall.

Anima Mundi

The Region 4 DVD of Anima Mundi, reviewed for MichaelDVD — 2.5 out of 5 overall.

Canyon Dreams

The Region 4 DVD of Canyon Dreams, reviewed for MichaelDVD — 2.5 out of 5 overall.

Chronos

The Region 4 DVD of Chronos, reviewed for MichaelDVD — 2.5 out of 5 overall.

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