I agree. Right now this is truly the state of the art. When I go back and listen to some of my analog master tapes recorded M-S in choice venues in the 70s, there is nothing commercially available, other than the source you mention, which can come close to touching it. Eric Goldstein -- On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 6:09 AM, Thor Legvold <tlegvold@xxxxxxx> wrote: (snipped) > There is one place that is releasing limited edition runs of 1/4" tape, > essentially copies of the master tapes of classic recordings. Played on a > properly set up tape machine, it should blow away pretty much anything else. --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list