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Baron, Christy: Retrospective.(Sound Recording Review)
Baron, Christy: Retrospective. A compendium recorded at several locations, starting in 1997. Engineers: Bob Katz, Barry Wolifson, and Nicholas Prout. 61+ minutes. Chesky SACD 269.
OK, this whole light-jazz vocal disc is clean as can be, with a nice soundstage and just enough surround reverb to simulate a good club-like atmosphere. As is the case with virtually every SACD I have encountered so far, there is no genuine, discrete-channel center feed to speak of. In some SACD cases (and DVD-A cases, too) there have been token center feeds, but that is not the case here, with the soundstage between the speakers dominated by a broad but still well-defined, two-channel phantom image. Yes, this is, as usual, a Chesky 4.1 recording and not a 5.1 job.
Notwithstanding this limitation, all of the featured vocals are precisely centered, even from fairly far off the listening-axis sweet spot. However, the main ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Baron, Christy: Retrospective.(Sound Recording Review)