BEST brand for Classical Recordings?

In my earlier post, I recommended a book, but did not have the title exactly correct. The name of the book is: "The NPR Guide To Building A Classical CD Collection", and it is written by Ted Libbey. It was re-printed in 1999. The book does an excellent job of reviewing some 350 recordings that form the core of a good classical collection, and recommends the best recordings of each of the works. Hope it helps.

Hi, in my opinion Teldec and Telarc CD recordings, and all the mercury Living Presence CD recordings, sound super BRIGHT to the point of pain. The Sony CDs sound wonderful, whether you get super bit mapping versions or not.
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The reason that these three labels sound bright is that the absolute phase is reversed. If you listen with the phase correct, they don't sound bright.

Elgordo, I had never heard this! Thanks, I will try reversing the phase instead of putting these CDs away, never to play them again.
You learn something every day. Thanks again!

Elgordo and Sc53, excuse my ignorance but, what do you mean with "the absolute phase is reversed"? Could you please explain me that? Thank you!