The Absolute Sound celebrated six Yarlung vinyl titles on the TAS Super LP list again in 2020, and I’m delighted to say that Young Beethoven executive produced by Carlos and Haydee Mollura featuring performances both explosive and subtle by Janaki String Trio now joins as Number 7! Check out Young Beethoven in multiple formats here. Thanks also to Mr. Stephen Estep for his glowing article about Young Beethoven last March.
The cutting edge Positive Feedback Brutus Awards are given at the end of each year by Dave Clark and Dr. David W. Robinson. They are awards for the best products that PFO’s editors have heard in their listening rooms during the past year. Yarlung Records was once again selected as one of this year’s honorees. Dr. Robinson writes: “The song continues! Bob Attiyeh and Yarlung Records have continued their Quad DSD series of transfers from Bob’s masterpieces on analog tape (15 ips half-track quarter-inch tape). Working with Jared Sacks, Tom Caulfield, and the other folks at NativeDSD.com, Bob handles the raw transfers from his master tapes via the industry-leading Merging Technologies HAPI ADDA (which he now owns!) to Quad DSD. The inimitable Tom Caulfield, a Grammy winner himself, does the post-production work, and then sends the DSD files along to NativeDSD for publication. You can find Bob Attiyeh’s recordings in Continue Reading →