The Reiner Sound

Betters any other digital reissue I've heard

Clearly among the top RCA Living Stereo albums, "The Reiner Sound" includes superb performances by Reiner and the CSO that still stand among the best in the catalog. RCA recording engineer Lewis Layton delivers an excellent capture of the orchestra in Symphony Hall. The transfer by HDTT is clean, open and resolving of instrumental detail and timbre. Does this release have the ultimate sound quality of the 45rpm vinyl reissue I once had? Hmmm, perhaps not based on recollection. But is it a wonderful addition to my digital library? OH, YES! It is far and away the best digital reissue of this album that I've heard, bettering even the very fine Analog Productions SACD from 2015 -- with greater air around the instruments, improved natural-sounding timbre, more delicate and extended highs, more extended dynamic range, just an overall improvement in sounding like real instruments in a real space. Well Done!