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Hi-Fi+ Reviews Doug MacLeod’s Break The Chain
Jason Kennedy of Hi-Fi+ has a new review for Doug MacLeod’s Break the Chain: “Reference Recordings has a long history of making fabulous recordings, and engineer Keith O. Johnson apparently has a knack for capturing both the sound of the room and the musicians and producing releases that combine naturalness with dynamics in a highly convincing manner. … one of the label’s greatest assets is contemporary blues singer Doug MacLeod. … On this album he’s…
HiFi+ Names Kansas City’s Saint-Saëns a Favorite
HiFi+ Magazine names the Kansas City Symphony’s new Saint-Saëns Symphony No. 3 recording one of their favorites: “Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3 with organ, know as the Organ Syphony, is filled with virtuoso flourish, making for a sure fire showpiece for a hi-fi system. … Of the audiophile labels recording new works no label has ddone more for so long as Keith Johnson’s Reference Recordings. This is the fourth of Reference’s recordings with the Kansas City…
HiFi+ Rates Exactly Like This a 12!
HiFi+ Magazine critic Jason Kennedy says Doug MacLeod’s Exactly Like This release is off their scales: “Once in a blue moon a recording comes along that warrants a rating for sound quality above nearly all the rest, and more often than not Reference Recordings releases fall into this category. I can’t give this album 12 for recording quality, but that’s what it warrants; it makes your system sound as though it costs at least twice…