I knew that when I bought this CD that it would have to be as great as Strobelight Seduction and it was, although the first half of the disc is better than the second half. I also purchased the same album on an LP too. I do not like the Digipak disc case because it seems to scratch easy when sliding around in my car and such. I wish the local Best Buy store didn't eliminate their electronic/dance section of music, because that is where I bought Strobelight Sedduction. This album also does not include "So Far Away"; that is on Haley's album, All This Love.
Mannheim Steamroller celebrates the holidays with a compilation featuring eighteen timeless classics in this release that offers over an hour of festive holiday music. In addition to such traditional tunes as "Deck the Halls", "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen", "Away in a Manger", and Greensleeves", this release also offers the newly recorded track "Celebration" as well as a new vocal version of Chip Davis' "Traditions of Christmas" featuring new vocalist LynDee Mueller and the Cambridge Singers under the direction of John Rutter.
Customer Rating
5
Excellent surround effects
on December 21, 2010
Posted by: Godzilla
from NE Indiana
I bought this DVD for the high-fidelty audio that far exceeds that of a standard CD. I was hoping that it was 2 channel, 24 bit, 192 kHz music, but instead it was 5.1 channel and 96 kHz (sampling rate). The surround sound effects are a lot better than anticipated, as each channel is fully utilized. My decoder only sees multiple channels with 5.1 DTS, but not 5.1 Dolby. It took me a few hours to figure out how to rip the music to harddrive at a lossless format (sorry, no MP3's for me). I wish there were more titles available on DVD-A format.
Mannheim Steamroller may be the best Christmas music you'll ever hear, but the button on the case broke after a few days, and the information packet is hard to get out of the front cover.
My amp seems to be getting extra hot since I've been playing things so loud.
What's great about it: Better audio quality than a CD