Excellent performance, BUT:
348645
I purchased this sharpener as an addition to my DMT Magna-Guide Quad kit, to have an XC (Black) surface that is compatible w/ the system.

I opened the butterfly handles, and noticed about 4-5 very shiny scratch marks on the Blue Coarse side of the sharpener. It appears the plastic handles have scratched some of the diamonds completely off the paddle!

So, I decided to break the sharpener in on my Cold Steel Heavy Machete.

Both sides worked quite well, and when I sprayed them w/ water to lubricate the sharpening paddle, no other scratches were noted. The machete itself still needs a once over w/ a Dremel, file, and crockstick to meet my standard, but thats not DMTs problem.

These sharpening grits (XC-C) produce a rough, very "toothy" edge on tools, and you really need DMT Red (F) to actually achieve a good sharp utility edge IMHO.

If you use this XC-C sharpener on your knife, (Take it EASY!, NO PRESSURE NEEDED!) don't expect to be slicing paper and shaving hair w/o a DMT Red (F) and Green (XF), or some form of hard white ceramic hone to complete the work.

I will contact DMT about the scratches and update.

Great sharpener, and highly recommended for  preliminary refining of established bevels on knives and axes, hatchets etc., removing small dings and chips or careful first stage roughing in of a convex grind by hand, but it will be hard to use on curved knives like khukuris. The edge you produce will be far finer and sharper w/ DMT diamond hones if you use all the stone grits in progression obviously.
4464516
I would actually give this a rating of 4.5 stars, as the performance is spot on and excellent, but the stage presence (specifically Allen West) is lacking. Allen West seemed a bit bored and didn't have any real presence, but his performance was spot on. The band covered a lot of territory in a show lasting about an hour and twenty minutes.

The sound quality is EXCELLENT and it is mixed extremely well throughout the performance. The audio seems to be a 100% soundboard recording with no ambient microphones, so the audience response is very low in the mix. This is good and bad, as it takes a bit of energy from the performance in that the crowd doesn't sound loud and excited although they are. If I would have changed anything about this mix, I would have staged stereo ambient mics to capture the audience response. This doesn't take much away from the show, as the performance is what matters in the end.

Track listing:

1. Intro: Rain
2. Redneck Stomp
3. On The Floor
4. Insane
5. Chopped In Half
6. Turned Inside Out
7. Dying
8. Internal Bleeding
9. Back To One
10. Find The Arise
11. Back Inside
12. Threatening Skies
13. By The Light
14. Kill For Me
15. Solid State
16. Stand Alone
17. Back From The Dead
18. Drum Solo
19. Lockjaw
20. Slow Death
21. 'Til Death
22. Slowly We Rot

Bottom line: Highly recommended!
1744505
A fantastic performance recorded with an outstanding 5.1 audio track. but the video is very poor, even when played through one of the finest DVD players made and watched on a 50" Pioneer Elite plasma screen. Im a big Sarah Brightman fan but, if they can, the video portion of this program needs to be cleaned up. if the video was up to modern standards I would have given this disc 5 plus stars.
3846403
Similar in sentiment to another reviewer, my criticism of this is not with the band but with the editing. This is a very good performance. But... Remember the Future was played in full at this show and they cut all of it out except for a 5 min excerpt (Let it Grow). why? Couldn't they have cut "Nelly the Elephant" or "Fidgety Queen" for example, if they really had to cut something?? Which I don't see why they would because the DVD doesn't last much more than an hour.

And for those of you considering shelling out the exorbitant Amazon marketplace prices for this out-of-print item, don't!

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2223980
The performances of the three works are among the best I have heard. The sound quality of the Concerto and the Dance Suite is outstanding, but the last movement of MUSP&C is marred by distortion. I'm giving the disc 5 stars despite this flaw. Unfortunately, the same recording of MUSP&C is included in other London/Decca compilations.
3935587
Before I get to the scathing portion of my review, let me highlight the positive things this player has to offer.

***THE POSITIVES***
1) Excellent sound quality.  When this player works, the sound it produces is amazing.  Philip's Full-Sound Technology offers exactly that: full, three-dimensional sound that gives my music previously unknown depth and clarity.

2) Excellent headphones.  In fact, I'm buying the first set that I find, now that I've returned my Philips in favor of Sony's far superior 8 gig player.

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--Please note, the first two negatives are persnickety.  The last three are essential.--

***THE NEGATIVES***
1) Player is overly dependent upon the Rhapsody cd.  Seriously, it won't work without it.  This wouldn't be as problematic if the cd or the setup guide warned you about this, but such is not the case.  Instead, the cd-related portion of the setup guide serves as an ad for Rhapsody.  I find this practice unethical, as it usurps the user's needs in favor of making a sales pitch.

2) Deceptive drag-and-drop.  When I finally installed the components on the cd, I noticed that Microsoft Explorer was suddenly able to see my Philips mp3 player as a device.  Furthermore, it could see folders within the player.  "Fantastic!" I thought.  "I can drag and drop!"  Wrong.  While it's true that you can drag and drop folders into the player this way, once the information is copied to the player the organization they once had is lost.  There are ways around this obstacal, but they all are painful to execute, painful to describe, and painful to read about.

3) Slow load times.  There is a noticeable lag that occurs when turning the player on or browsing through music, videos, or pictures.  If you're listening to music while you browse, this effect is compounded.  Sometimes it even causes your song to skip.

4) Frequent freezing.  The thing that really set me against this player is that it freezes.  A lot.  And by a lot I mean that it froze on me once per session for the last week that I had it.

5) Problematic updates.  In an effort to resolve my player's freezing issues, I opted to update my player, but this just made things worse.  After updating, the pause feature ceased to function.  Whenever I tried to resume a song from a pause, the song would restart from the beginning.  It was at this point that I decided "enough" and returned the player.

***CONCLUSION***
The Philips 8 gig mp3 player caused me one problem after another.  As soon as I solved one issue, another would arise.  I estimate that once all was said and done, I probably spent close to 10 hours trying to get this thing to work.  What's more, I was unsuccessful.  So unless you are seeking a thankless challenge, do not buy this device.
2252829
The performance is excellent with more than adequate volume and unbelievable battery life.  The only negative is the fit of the earpiece, not as comfortable as my older Plantronics.  I'm quite pleased with it otherwise.
1921151
Excellent blend of performance and acoustics. The star off is for two reasons. Reason one is that for such an expensive fan I expected the vibration dampeners to make more direct contact with the screws. Reason two is more subjective. The white leds are a bit too concentrated towards the center of the fan. I think it would have looked nicer if they were able to diffuse radially outwards more.

Overall still very nice and happy with my purchase of two.
2379623
Excellent performance of a wonderful masterpiece, I listen to it over and over.  Only disappointment was the English subtitles, which were condensed and oversimplified.  I'd much prefer a more accurate and detailed translation of the text.
2977343
I am still using it, very good performance.
29731
All songs are excellent!

But,... there are just too many treble boost (aural excitation?) in vocal and mastering. The '80s style reverberation is not colorless. Too aggressive loudness maximization is applied which introducing 3rd harmonics, causing me a hearing fatigue after few hours long play....

Oops... Opened by Sound-Editors and you will observed that a lot of audio portions from many songs are.... CLIPPED! (Most severe in "I cried for you" 2m24s: "How F-R-A-G-I-L-E the world can be...")

Mr. Sale should know what I mean. Hope that a re-mastering edition will be available in future (CD, HDCD, SACD, DVD-Audio...) Then I will buy again. And this is the reason why I write this review! Mr. Batt and Mr. Sale, please!!!

Still highly recommended. Don't wait for the remastering anyway.
2595663
Performance is great, audio is clean and crisp. Hook up was a little confusing with which subwoofer connection to use(still unsure), but it's not worth even half a star.
900024
The musical performance is wonderful, Mr. Peterson manages his perspiration very well, as TV lights do not help a large man, exerting himself, to stay cool. HOWEVER, the list of tunes is NOT accurate.
  The Ellington Medley is as follows: A-Train, In a Sentimental Mood, a fragment of Don't Get Around Much, (which the audience applauds, clearly THEY know these tunes, even if the producers do not,) In a Mellotone, which is unbilled, a fragment of Lady of the Lavender Mist, THEN Satin Doll, and lastly Caravan.
  Another reviewer mentioned the appearance of two bassists as a bonus feature. I was unable to find this footage on my DVD.
  Lastly, the fast blues at the end of the concert is only partial elements of the so-called "Blues Etude" mainly the left hand line near the end. The definitive performance of this piece can be found on the Pablo CD "The Trio" live at the old London House in Chicago, with Niels Pederson and Joe Pass.
  So, five stars for content, one star for accuracy in the media, literally.
88melter
3930674
I had purchased one from Amazon and went through the upgrade process.  I SHOULD HAVE read the [...] forum first.  The upgrade (so-called) caused the radio to respond VERY slowly each time it was turned on.  Apparently, the Euro-software now being downloaded causes the WiFi to turn completely off each time the radio goes off, instead of going into standby mode.

As a result, instead of connecting in 3-10 seconds, it takes MINUTES before you can hear music.

This is really an excellent product, great audio, SUPER selection of stations.  But STAY WITH THE ORIGINAL FIRMWARE.  PERIOD.
4391512
This is the absolutely first class 1957 performance of The Mikado, at a bargain price. It's got all the music including the Overture, but omits the spoken parts. The performance gets 5 stars, but the recording quality only 3 stars. (Averages out to 4 stars.) This is the mono recording of this wonderful performance, and aside from being mono, it has some background noise that's apparent during quiet passages. Nevertheless, this is an entirely enjoyable listening experience.

Another reviewer mentioned the Sounds on CD release -- yes, it's the brilliant stereo Decca recording of the same performance with superb sound quality, even measured by today's standards. I happily paid an expensive price for it after falling in love with the performance on this mono recording.

Amazon also has numerous other performances of The Mikado as downloads. This one is a terrific performance, but you should check out these alternatives especially if you're looking for a recording in stereo.
288683
These CDs contain great performances from all the principals, not the least of which is Zubin Mehta magical conducting. Many years ago I bought cassette tapes of this recording.  Absolute bliss!  It's my all-time  favorite recording of this opera.  Cossotto, Milnes, Domingo, and Price  simply nail it.  But they and the music are hideously marred by the digital  remastering!  Every time the music and vocalists reach intense climaxes,  which is quite often; there occurs a weird vibration in the speakers.  It's  similar to the old AM car stereos at excessive volume.  I thought it was my  speakers but I assure you it is not, and I am talking about at very  reasonable volume levels.  I see green when I hear Leontyne Price flow  upwards in a magnificent phrase and the simultaneously hear static, what an  incredibly disappointing experience.  Perhaps this is the result of  engineering terrorism!  So, performance rates a 5+, sound...what rating  would you give if you wanted to smash the CDs, stomp on them, cut them into  little pieces, and then burn the remnants!
2546445
This is an amended review, replacing my previous pan of this CD.  Upon relistening I realize I was listening too loud, attempting to get more than was realistically possible.

Leaving aside the question as to where to properly place and rate this work in the pantheon of Shostakovich symphonies, the performance here is first rate: I have heard other performances that I like equally well, but this one will do just fine. When it comes to the audio, this was recorded at a rather low level, no doubt to prevent overloading during the final loud passages.  It might well have benefited from a bit of gain-riding by the engineer at the end, to bring the overall record level up a bit. Before I had cranked my headphone amp up high enough that it ran into clipping during the coda.  Be warned.  Too much gain will result in things going wrong at the end, if you are not careful.  Live recordings have their advantages and their liabilities.