“Two versions of all six quartets, including one with the players moving around... All six of the close-to-half-hour- length string quartets of Beethoven are here in two different complete versions. Tacet is known for their highly individual surround presentation they call Real SS. Used mostly with chamber music, it places each instrument in a trio, quartet or quintet on a separate channel at its individual speaker. So in this case the first and second violins of the quartet are located at the left and right front speakers respectively, the viola at the left surround speaker and the cello at the right surround (the center is not used). The feeling for the listener in the sweet spot is as if one was participating in the performance oneself. The music itself is unaltered from the score. (…) Tacet has captured the sound of each player with great clarity - and more separation than any other label, due to their unique miking procedures. (…) It highlights the various voices and themes in the music by the separation of the instruments, making their variation and development clearer. A visual metaphor would be if while looking at the complete score the four different instrumental lines would light up in different colors." John Sunier, Audiophile Audition