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Name:
  Jan Arell
Details:
  Foreign news reporter at a Swedish daily, born in 1953. Former reviewer of classical records. I have around 3000 CDs (including a lot of rock), some 150 SACD, almost 1 TB of MCH recordings on a computer, and also some rock DVD-A.
Location:
  Gothenburg, Sweden
HiFi:
  Marantz SR 7007 receiver and UD7007 BR player, Mac Mini, Monitor Audio speakers in a 5.1 setup plus 2 small wide speakers (for movies only).
Email:
  arell@icloud.com
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Posts:
  66

 
 
Reviews
Found: 1

Steven Wilson: Hand. Cannot. Erase      (9 of 9 found this review helpful)
  August 29, 2015

(This is an edited version of a comment I wrote for the new HR site a couple of week ago.) Porcupine Tree has been my rock discovery of the last decade (I'm 60+). As far as I know that band have never released anything on SACD och BR-A, but I've bought as many of their DVD-A recordings as I have ... more

 
 
Latest Posts

ELO: Out Of The Blue 24bit release
November 14, 2015
Excuse me, but what is Blu Spec? Never heard of it before. ... more
Decca reissue-series from Analogue Productions
November 13, 2015
I have a Mahler third with Dutch RCO and Riccardo Chailly on sacd surround. Of course Universal chose to rerelease it in stereo only on blu-ray. ... more
The Rock Thread
November 6, 2015
DISAPPOINTMENT! I went to buy the Beatles 1+ box with 2 BR discs this morning. My plan was to write a track by track review of the surround sound, finished by the time you Americans wake up (I'm at least six hours ahead of you and will always be). But the record store--yes, there still is one 20 kilometres away--didn't have it. Only 75 copies of ... more
Discussion: Liszt: Piano Concertos - Kantorow, Kantorow
November 5, 2015
There is a well written comparison of the two BIS recordings at the new site http://www.hraudio.net/showmusic.php?title=10769#reviews ... more
The Rock Thread
November 5, 2015
I have actually heard a 4.0 mix of The Wall, most likely a download of dubious origin. Surround effects were quite good but, according to my memory, overall sound quality rather muddy. There seems to be a lot of unofficial surround mixes out there on the web of very differring quality. Wonder how they are done. ... more