Well Don, if viewing those waveforms didn't thrill you sufficiently(blew me away!)and you insist on actually listening to the music, Randy undoubtedly measured the performance by
Mehta with the LA Phil which is my favorite of the six that I have(but by a very narrow margin over Dutoit with Montreal)and is a great bargain as well(even better at $5.99 from
Tower ), especially if you order over $25 and get free shipping.
Now I'm hoping that Randy will do the Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances and really put me in a state of ecstasy.
As far as the factors that the waveforms show, besides the clipping that would take place if the recording level was beyond 1.0 or -1.0, the main point would be illustrating graphically the dynamic range by showing the highs and lows in the sound levels(i.e. how much or how little is blue), which is probably an even greater source of complaints, since an occasional clip would probably be unnoticed in a generally good recording.
