{"id":1050,"date":"2013-06-24T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T15:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.realhd-audio.com\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2013-06-22T15:39:53","modified_gmt":"2013-06-22T22:39:53","slug":"grab-bag-part-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.realhd-audio.com\/?p=1050","title":{"rendered":"Grab Bag: Part III"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes it&#8217;s challenging to put so much effort into what is essentially a labor of love and not know whether people appreciate and recognize the efforts. If you cruise around the web, you can read reviews on Amazon or other site and get a pretty good idea of what people feel about our AIX Records productions.<\/p>\n<p>But there&#8217;s a very special satisfaction that comes from someone taking the time write or call with encouraging comments. I can&#8217;t express how much I appreciate it&#8230;and they&#8217;re all over the world. Recent comments have come from Spain and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got a whole notebook full of reviewers and very complimentary clippings from audiophile magazines. And there&#8217;s not a day goes by that somebody doesn&#8217;t email or call with comments about our recordings. Here&#8217;s an email that I received last week that I would love to share:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Hi Mark,<\/p>\n<p>Just wanted to drop you a note to tell you how much I enjoy your outstanding audio\/video recordings. I had a chance to talk to you a little, and I picked up your latest sampler at the New York Audio Show this past April. I didn&#8217;t get to it for a while, but when I finally did, I was just thrilled with the overall quality of these recordings! What really struck me was how completely natural they sound. I have seldom heard multi-channel recordings that are mixed properly. I usually hear all kinds of stuff in rear channels that just plain doesn&#8217;t belong there. Your recordings are not like that at all. There is nothing distracting or &#8220;pyrotechnic&#8221; about these AIX recordings. You&#8217;ve certainly proved to me that 96kHz\/24 bits is plenty adequate resolution. You&#8217;ve obviously done your homework where it counts; mics, mixing, and general studio set-up. The Blue Ray video is also outstanding quality.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve since ordered several more of your releases: Banda Brothers, John Gorka, Ernest Ranglin, Laurence Juber, and The Old City String Quartet. Had a few of my Audiophile friends (all 2 channel die-hards like me) over for a session and they were all blown away! I have a fairly modest HT set-up with just a mid-line Onkyo receiver and Blue-Ray player and some custom speakers I build myself with Scan Speak drivers. Most of my $$ went into my 2 channel system, but with your recordings, I am enjoying my modest multi-channel HT system more than ever now!<\/p>\n<p>My wife Joanne also enjoys music and she really appreciated the AIX recordings as well. She runs a small CD\/music store here in the Reading PA area (C D Exchange), and we will be carrying and promoting AIX. Hopefully, we can help spread the word a little and turn our customers on to a really exceptional product.<\/p>\n<p>I would also be remiss if I didn&#8217;t mention the artists that record for you. Some I knew, some I didn&#8217;t. ALL of them impressed me. The combination of your quality recordings and some truly exceptional musicianship makes for a very enjoyable experience. My friends and I listened for many hours that night and didn&#8217;t know where the time went! <\/p>\n<p>Sorry for the somewhat long-winded comment, but I really couldn&#8217;t condense it. I wanted you to know how much I, my wife and friends all appreciate the work you&#8217;re doing. We are all devout music lovers, and it&#8217;s easy to see that that&#8217;s where you&#8217;re coming from too.<\/p>\n<p>Keep up the great work; and best of luck to you!<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<br \/>\nSteve and Joanne&#8221; <\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s very satisfying to receive unsolicited comments like that. 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