20th Anniversary Concert - Live At Shepherd's Bush Empire
€12.00*
Howard Jones
Pop International
Format:
DVD Video
Howard Jones, the British singer, pianist, keyboard-player and songwriter, celebrated the 20th birthday of his first hit "New Song” with a spectacular concert: In autumn 2003 the popstar remembered all the stops in his career live in a London theatre. Fans travelled from Australia and the USA to be there. And they received the maximum.
Howard Jones had been planning his birthday marathon for a long time and had decided to split the concert into four sections. He began chronologically, with the One-Man-Synthesizer-Show, supported by dancer and pantomime artist Jed Hoile. What an atmosphere: The audience sang along to every verse as if they had rehearsed before.
In the acoustic set, Howard Jones shone as an excellent pianist, whom some critics have compared to Keith Emerson. In the last two parts it was back to the typical Howard Jones electronic sound. First, he performed with his current band and played rousing live versions of his classic songs “Just Look At You Now”, “Conditioning” and “All I Want”.
The finale and high point was performed by a full rock band, with guests like Nena and Midge Ure, the guitarist from Ultravox. The event took almost three hours and is now available on these two DVDs. 20th Anniversary concert also contains more than 100 minutes of bonus material, such as a detailed interview with the talented entertainer and interviews with members of his band.
40th Anniversary Reunion Concert - High Voltage Festival
€11.00*
Emerson Lake & Palmer
Classic Rock & Pop
Format:
Blu-ray Disc
Reuniting the legendary Rock Band to celebrate their 40th Anniversary Reunion Show staged at London’s first High Voltage Rock Festival, this was the historic moment when Emerson Lake and Palmer performed for the first time since 1998.
This spectacular performance with extravagant special effects and lighting recaptures the magic and musical genius of Keith Emerson, Greg Lake and Carl Palmer as they perform their greatest hits in front of thousands of fans and leaves us with a lasting memory of stunning musicianship of these three legendary performers.
As a very special bonus the Blu-ray includes a 90 minute documentary ‚The Emerson Lake & Palmer Retrospective 1970 to 2010‘. This documentary tells the story of Emerson Lake & Palmer from the beginning. Including rare archive footage and unseen footage from the bands 1972 tour of Japan, this film is a unique tribute to the talent of these three great musicians.
A Decade Of The Mad Axeman
€16.99*
Michael Schenker
Hard Rock
Format:
CD
A Decade Of The Mad Axeman is devoted to the ten years between 2007 and 2016 which saw Michael Schenker burst with musical creativity once more, composing dozens of exceptional songs. Although he worked with many different musicians during this era, all compositions are unmistakably 100% Michael Schenker.
2007 saw Michael Schenker rise like a phoenix from the ashes and return to his musical roots on his new MSG release »In The Midst Of Beauty«. The team consisting of vocalist Gary Barden, with whom Schenker composed all twelve songs on the album, ex-Whitesnake bassist Neil Murray, Toto drummer Simon Phillips and Deep Purple keyboardist Don Airey brought back to life the spirit of the 1980 debut album »Michael Schenker Group«.
In 2011 Michael Schenker, an artistically restless musician who continues to redefine himself and his music, put together a new group supported by various guest musicians. Filled with dynamic power, energy and inspiration, Schenker entered a new phase of his life with Temple Of Rock. He himself referred to it as a new level of existence that allowed him to enjoy life more than ever before and to reap the joys of his previous development. He released three studio albums and two live productions under the Temple Of Rock banner. Michael Schenker had succeeded in enlisting two former Scorpions members from the »Lovedrive« era for this new band: Francis Buchholz on bass and Herman Rarebell on drums, as well as erstwhile Rainbow frontman Doogie White and Wayne Findlay on keyboards.
Michael Schenker surprised everyone in 2016 with a very special live release, recorded in Tokyo. The outstanding German guitarist had recruited former MSG singer Robin McAuley, Graham Bonnet and Gary Barden for a series of joint performances, as well as his former allies Chris Glen, Steve Mann and Ted McKenna. What Michael Schenker presented live on stage together with this line-up can only be described as a Fest for his fans – which is why he christened this new constellation of musicians the Michael Schenker Fest.
Featuring:
Don Airey, Gary Barden, Francis Buchholz, Wayne Findlay, Chris Glen, Steve Mann, Robin McAuley, Ted McKenna, Neil Murray, Simon Phillips, Herman Rarebell, Elliott ´Dean` Rubinson, Chris Slade, Brian Tichy, Michael Voss, Pete Way, Doogie White
Special Guests:
Michael Amott, Graham Bonnet, Rudolf Schenker, Jeff Scott Soto, Leslie West
A Spectacular Sound Experience
€42.99*
Various
Classical-Pop-Crossover
Format:
LP Audiophil
Telarc - creative recording philosophy and sound quality par excellence.
Telarc was launched in 1977 as a pure classical label. It was founded by musicians Jack Renner and Robert Woods who quickly became known for their high quality recordings and signature Telarc sound. Over time, the company amassed over 50 Grammy Awards.
Telarc has enjoyed long relationships with the ‘Prince of Pops’ Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Robert Shaw & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Leonard Slatkin & St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. Numerous legendary recordings came as a result of these relationships.
Telarc: A Spectacular Sound Experience highlights some of these extraordinary recordings.
* DMM
* 45 RPM
* 180 Gr. Virgin Vinyl
Variants from €29.99*
A Spectacular Sound Experience, Vol. 2
€29.99*
Various
Classical-Pop-Crossover
Format:
U-HQCD
Since 1977 in-akustik has dedicated itself with heart and soul to the development and marketing of innovative hi-fi, video and multimedia accessory products.
A Spectacular Sound Experience, Vol. II offers a unique, high quality sound experience that includes legendary recordings of symphonic music and films with the largest American classical music orchestras. A cross-section through the spectacular recordings of the Telarc label, which is known for its creative recording philosophy and sound quality par excellence and has collected more than 50 Grammy Awards.
Well-known melodies, snappy performances as well as sound effects are providing a feast of orchestra recordings not only for classical music lovers and friends of exquisite sound.
UHQCD - Playable on any CD player.
Ain´t Nothin' But … The Blues Company
€18.99*
Blues Company
Blues
Format:
CD
They have been on the stage for over 38 years, have performed on more than 4,000 occasions in 14 countries and have released more than 26 albums – these figures highlight the impressive achievements of the Blues Company and demonstrate that the musicians gathered around the mastermind Todor Todorovic have had an enormous influence on the blues in Germany. However, far more impressive than the statistics is the manner in which Todorovic, known by everyone simply as “Tosho”, celebrates the blues with his buddies on stage. Tosho lets the guitar fly with his pieces that bubble with elegance, while his unmistakeable voice gives the songs their distinctive expression.
The Blues Company has always been open-minded to new techniques. They were among the audiophile pioneers, who in the late 1980s brought out the first blues CDs, and later the first SACDs and 5.1 surround recordings - so we were the second Blues band in the world. But one thing was still missing in our releases: a live in the studio recording with an audience.
The trick with a Silent Concert is that visitors, unlike at normal concerts, do not appreciate the music through a PA, but through headphones. Thus, they are able to receive perfect stereo sound anywhere in the room and can even adjust the volume themselves. However, only a relatively small circle of people can experience this concert enjoyment. For technical reasons, the number of listeners is limited to a maximum of 100.
The auditorium was equipped with sofas, chairs, beanbag chairs and floor lamps, and the band did not play on a stage, but rather dispersed in the audience. The sound engineer was able to create an individual in-ear monitor mix at the highest tonal level for each of the musicians involved as well as for the stereo mix for the audience.
This culminated in the Blues Company presenting itself at ist very best: with crisp Chicago blues and gentle ballads, with crackling guitar solos and a blasting brass section, with many rock and soul additions, and with highlights from concerts past.
The audio recording literally vibrates with vivacity. For the band, as well as for the audience, this was a great, exciting, unforgettable experiment.
Ain't Givin' Up
€18.99*
Blues Company
Blues
Format:
CD
With more than 40 years on the move for the blues, the Blues Company is one of the pioneers of the German Blues-Scene and one of the oldest still active German bands ever.
Various high-profile awards such as 'Jazz Award', ‘Award of the German Record Critics' for several productions, 'Blues Louis' and the 'Lifetime Award' (BiG - Blues in Germany) for Todor 'Tosho' Todorovic are testifying the quality of this combo.
Regularly their albums are selected by the high-end faction in the hi-fi area to impressively demonstrate the brilliance and performance of the finest speakers and the finest amplifier technology.
Ain’t Givin' Up consists of eight stylistically diversified own compositions as well as three cover versions. A new masterpiece of German Blues art.
Alle 13 Folgen
€6.00*
Der König von Bärenbach
TV-Serie
Format:
DVD Video
In Bärenbach regiert seit Jahrzehnten Bürgermeister Willi Holzwarth. Mit ihren Fachwerkhäusern im Stadtkern, den Wiesen, Wäldern und Weinbergen in der Umgebung ist Bärenbach eine typische schwäbische Kleinstadt im Remstal. Der etwas schlitzohrige Bürgermeiser Holzwarth trifft seine Entscheidungen souverän und nicht selten am Gemeinderat vorbei.
Trotzdem ist er ein aufrichtiger Mann, der stets das Beste für seine Gemeinde im Sinn hat. Schneller als erwartet wird Holzwarth von seinem selbsternannten Nachfolger Manfred Schnell aufs Altenteil geschoben und mit größter Raffinesse dem Rathaus ferngehalten. Aber Willi Holzwarth gibt nicht auf, und so entsteht ein ständiger Kampf zwischen dem ehemaligen und dem neuen Bürgermeister. Denn als „Der König von Bärenbach“ denkt er nicht im Traum daran abzudanken. Und der neue Rathauschef denkt gar nicht daran, die von Willi Holzwarth eingeforderte Dankbarkeit zu zeigen.
Erleben Sie noch einmal den großen Volksschauspieler Walter Schultheiß als echtes schwäbisches Urgestein in seiner Glanzrolle als „Der König von Bärenbach“.
Mitwirkende:
Walter Schultheiß
Christoph Hofrichter
Sabine Bräuning
Hans Zischler
u.v.a
Buch: Felix Huby, Marilies Brommund, Dieter Laske, Wolfgang Panzer, Gunther Scheuthle, Dieter Bähr, Marcus Conrad
Deutsche Erstausstrahlung: 1992, SWR
Alle 6 Folgen
€6.00*
Die Kramer
TV-Serie
Format:
DVD Video
Die attraktive Lehrerin Frau Dr. Kramer ist neu am Carolus-Gymnasium. Zunächst begegnen ihr Schüler und Kollegen mit großer Skepsis. Doch schnell zeigt sich, dass sie eine gute Pädagogin ist, die sich intensiv für ihre Schüler einsetzt und ihnen bei der Lösung der Probleme hilft. Dabei mischt sich Lehrerin Kramer manchmal in das Familienleben der Jugendlichen ein und stößt bei einigen Eltern gar auf Widerstand. Selbst Schuldirektor Dr. Berwig bekommt das resolute Vorgehen und die Zivilcourage seiner Lehrkraft Kramer zu spüren, als dieser die Schülerzeitung verbieten will. Mit großem Elan bringt die Kramer frischen Wind ans Carolus-Gymnasium und findet bei so manchem Kollegen tatkräftige Unterstützung.
Die Kramer war eine echte Paraderolle für die Schauspielerin Barbara Rütting, die zu den großen Leinwandstars der deutschen Nachkriegszeit gezählt wird. Die 1969 in Baden-Baden gedrehte Fernsehserie war eine der ersten Produktionen in Farbe und erfreute sich beim Publikum großer Beliebtheit.
Alle 7 Teile
€12.00*
Der Eiserne Gustav
TV-Serie
Format:
DVD Video
Berlin, Sommer 1914: Der Droschkenunternehmer Gustav Hackendahl, ein Mann preußischer als der Kaiser selbst, ahnt noch nicht den Zerfall seiner Familie. Sein ältester Sohn Wilhelm, bei ihm beschäftigt, hat ein Kind mit der buckligen Schneiderin Gertrud Gudde. Obwohl er in den Krieg muss, bringt er es nicht fertig, die Mutter seines Kindes zu heiraten. Sophie, die älteste Tochter, will lieber im Krankenhaus, wo sie als Schwester arbeitet, leben. Sie verlässt ihr Elternhaus. Erich, Gymnasiast und Lieblingssohn, hat seinen Vater bestohlen und das Geld vertrunken. Gustav sperrt ihn im Keller ein. Eva, die Lieblingstochter, nutzt die Situation aus und geht ebenfalls an die Kasse des Vaters. Sie gerät unter den Einfluss des Zuhälters Eugen. Einzig der jüngste Sohn Heinz scheint von der eisenharten Hackendahlischen Familienatmosphäre nicht betroffen zu sein.
Die siebenteilige TV-Serie Der eiserne Gustav ist die Verfilmung eines Romans von Hans Fallada. Die Adaption besorgte der Münchner Autor Herbert Asmodi. Regie führte der renommierte Wolfgang Staudte und für die Titelrolle konnte Gustav Knuth gewonnen werden. Der Roman wurde 1938 veröffentlicht, von den Nazis aber kurze Zeit später aus dem Verkehr gezogen. Der gleichnamige deutsche Spielfilm mit Heinz Rühmann hat nichts mit dem Roman von Hans Fallada zu tun. Er behandelt lediglich die Kutschfahrt des historischen "Eisernen Gustav". Insofern ist die Fernsehproduktion die Erstverfilmung dieses literarischen Werkes. Hans Fallada beabsichtigte mit seiner Vorlage deutsche Geschichte anhand des Schicksals einer Berliner Familie darzustellen. Nur weil der Schriftsteller Fallada das "happy end" liebte, gibt es auch in diesem Roman über den Niedergang von Familie und Gesellschaft einen versöhnlichen Schluß: die Kutschfahrt des Eisernen nach Paris.
Sehen Sie den großen Volksschauspieler Gustav Knuth noch einmal in seiner letzten Serien-Hauptrolle. Mit seiner einzigartigen Darstellung des eisernen Gustavs konnte er auch seine schärfsten Kritiker überzeugen und die gesamte Presselandschaft war voll des Lobes über die perfekte Umsetzung der Verfilmung des Hans Fallada Romans.
Darsteller:
Gustav Knuth
Eva Brumby
Rainer Hunold
Volker Lechtenbrink
u.v.a
Beer & Rock
€6.99*
A Tasty Sound Collection
Pop International
Format:
CD
Whatever one calls it - beer is consumed everywhere and suitable for all occasions. With really good rock it sparkles and foams especially delicious. We've put together 14 tracks here that will suit every taste.
Additionally you will find interesting facts about the tradition and history of this beverage.
Burmester Selection
€24.99*
Various
Pop International
Format:
HQCD
With this exquisite selection of carefully picked musical pieces we have once again dedicated ourselves to the experience of true emotions. In cooperation with in-akustik and Pauler Acoustics we have created a musically and sonically exceptional compilation supposed to give you pure audio enjoyment. We wish you a pleasant time while listening and dreaming.
To best transmit this musical experience, an HQCD (HiQualityCD) is used as sound carrier. The use of a polycarbonate plastic with improved light transmission and a special alloy for the reflective layer HQCD achieves a high audio quality. HQCDs are fully compatible with all standard CD players.
Canton Reference Check - Vol. 1
€29.99*
Various
Pop International
Format:
U-HQCD
It’s the sound that makes the music. Experience the perfection of the best music. With pieces full of depth. There’s no compromise when it comes to what excites Canton.
We all have one passion in common – music. Not just any music, but the very best music. Songs that inspire us. Sounds that make us close our eyes and forget the world around us. Canton has put together a compilation of 12 favorites - each one has its very own nuances. Discover the mid-tones. These 12 pieces are a journey of discovery for your ears and thus put all speakers through their paces.
In order to bring the sound quality closer to the quality of the master, this recording is pressed onto an Ultimate HiQuality CD (UHQCD). The high-quality Mediabook rounds up the package.
• Ultimate HiQuality CD (UHQCD)
Canton Reference Check - Vol. 2
€42.99*
Various
Pop International
Format:
LP Audiophil
It’s the sound that makes the music. Experience the perfection of the best music. With pieces full of depth. There’s no compromise when it comes to what excites Canton.
We all have one passion in common – music. Not just any music, but the very best music. Songs that inspire us. Sounds that make us close our eyes and forget the world around us. For Reference Check Vol. 2 Canton has again put together a compilation of 12 favorites - each one has its very own nuances. Discover the mid-tones. These 12 pieces are a journey of discovery for your ears and thus put all speakers through their paces.
To best transmit this musical experience, the cutting has been made using the DMM process and 180 Gr. Virgin Vinyl for the pressing.
• DMM
• 180 Gr. Virgin Vinyl
• 45 RPM
Variants from €29.99*
Champagner & Songs
€6.99*
A Tasty Sound Collection
Pop International
Format:
CD
“Champagne! In victory one deserves it; in defeat one needs it.” (Napoleon Bonaparte)
Enjoy your bubbly in true style with this effervescent collection of folk songs, ballads, rhythm and blues, swing and jazz. There is something for everyone who does not want his Champagne to go flat to the sound of bland background music. The songs are like Champagne – sparkling like “Mrs. Pinocci’s Guitar” by Cheryl Wheeler or fizzing with life like “At Sundown” by the Hot Club of San Francisco.
In addition to music to match the mood, Champagne-lovers will also appreciate the wealth of information on the history and tradition of the famous drink as well as useful tips and recipes for every occasion. The collections are packaged in an attractive high-quality slip-case.
Cigars & Sounds
€6.99*
A Tasty Sound Collection
Pop International
Format:
CD
“I drink a great deal, I sleep a little, and I smoke cigar after cigar. That is why I am in two-hundred-percent form.”(Winston Churchill)
Cigars & Sounds is a collection of ballads, blues and boogie, which takes slightly longer to play than it does to smoke a cigar. The smoky ambience of these tracks is the perfect accompaniment to a good cigar.
In addition to music to match the mood, aficionados will also appreciate the wealth of information on the history and tradition of cigars as well as useful tips and recipes for every occasion. The collections are packaged in an attractive high-quality slip-case.
Clearaudio - 40 Years Excellence Edition
€42.99*
Various
Pop International
Format:
LP Audiophil
Take the best, make it better - then it's just good enough, has been the philosophy of clearaudio for 40 years - the pursuit of perfection, the dedication to music and their realistic as possible reproduction. It combines the mission of constantly developing and optimizing the technology of clearaudio products in order to obtain the highest possible realistic music signal - the literal audiophile reproduction of what was recorded with the best recording devices for eternity. This opens up something like a fourth dimension of music to the listener: emotion that hits the heart directly through the hearing center.
With this exquisite selection of carefully selected music titles, we consciously set our sights on the presentation of a broad musical spectrum: thunderous drums, fire-relieving church organs, atmospheric piano and guitar pieces, fascinating voices, even soulful to funky wind instruments. Once again, we are dedicated to experiencing true emotions. A musical and sonically extraordinary compilation supposed to give pure listening enjoyment.
To best transmit this musical experience, the Direct Metal Mastercut (DMM) technique is employed and 180 gram pure Vinyl (Virgin Vinyl) is used for the sound carrier.
Variants from €24.99*
Clearaudio - 45 Years Excellence Edition, Vol. 1
€29.99*
Various
Pop International
Format:
U-HQCD
45 Years of clearaudio – The Album
There are different ways to celebrate an anniversary. You can look back and reflect on where you’ve been and how far you have come. Or you can look forward towards future possibilities. Alternatively, you can simply pause for a moment and be present – right here, right now. Rather like you are aware and mindful of what is happening at this very moment when you’re enjoying superb music, excellently recorded and played. That’s how clearaudio is celebrating its 45th anniversary. To mark the occasion clearaudio is delighted to present an album of music that embodies their passion for perfection, for nuanced and detailed sound, and for an intimate marriage of creativity and technical finesse. In other words, an album that reflects the key principles of clearaudio.
‘Take the best, make it better – only then it is just good enough’.
• Ultimate HiQuality CD (UHQCD)
Cocktails & Guitars
€6.99*
A Tasty Sound Collection
Pop International
Format:
CD
A good cocktail is like life itself: Sometimes sweet, sometimes sour, sometimes fizzy, never flat, hot or ice-cold and occasionally simply stunning
It is high-time to enjoy cocktails with the right music and not with the same old dull background muzak. The Cocktails & Guitars collection contains 17 blues tracks which are the perfect sound for any cocktail party – 74 minutes of music as powerful as the drinks on offer. With fantastic cover versions of famous songs such as “Fly Like An Eagle” or “Isn’t She Lovely”
In addition to music to match the mood, aficionados will also appreciate the wealth of information on the history and tradition of cocktails as well as useful tips and recipes for every occasion. The collections are packaged in an attractive high-quality slip-case
Coffee & Latin
€6.99*
A Tasty Sound Collection
Pop International
Format:
CD
Pour yourself a cup, settle in, and enjoy the music sourced from where your coffee comes from. Everything here sounds like Cuba, the Caribbean and Colombia. On this compilation you will find pieces as hot as you love your coffee. Between Salsa, Merengue and Latin Jazz. Caffeine for your ears: from Al Di Meola to The Sons Of Buena Vista.
Hear Mas Que Nada and Garota De Ipanema like you've never heard them before. And if you can't get enough of it, have another coffee - or listen to one of our other compilations from the pleasure series.
The detailed booklet also offers useful information on the subject, as well as tips for perfect coffee enjoyment.
Concord Jazz - Rhythm Along the Years
€29.99*
Various
Vocal Jazz
Format:
U-HQCD
Founded by Carl Jefferson in 1973 following the success of his hugely popular Jazz Festival, Concord Jazz has established itself as one of the finest jazz imprints in the world, home to legends the likes of Art Blakey, Ray Brown, Charlie Byrd, Rosemary Clooney, Stan Getz and Mel Tormé, and more.
Over the years since, the label has witnessed development of jazz music from classic to contemporary, joined by acclaimed vocalists and instrumentalists from big band to swing, blues to R&B, Bossa-Nova to soul - Concord Jazz: Rhythm Along The Years hopes to capture a glimpse of this shiny page of musical history with a selection of its extraordinary recordings.
UHQCD - Playable on any CD player.
Also available on 24-Karat Gold-Edition and 180 Gr. Audiophile LP.
Das STEREO Festival der Master-Tapes
€24.99*
Various
Singer / Songwriter
Format:
SACD
Welcome to the unique Festival of Master-Tapes
Since time immemorial, it has been surrounded by a special aura and stands for ultimate sound quality: the fast-running, two-track analog mastertape of a recording. Few listeners today still have access to this medium as it requires an appropriately designed, high-quality tape machine.
But this has not changed the nimbus of the "shoestring" - quite the contrary. Not a few are looking for listening experience.
For this reason STEREO offers the quality-infatuated HiFi enthusiasts this unique "Festival of Master Tapes" which offers the audiophile gourmet a chance to experience their sonic potential via CD, SACD or high-bit files.
Among the suppliers within a small, fine scene, which produce mastertapes, STEREO has selected 16 strong titles, which have been transferred to this disc set with the greatest care.
An absolute tape machine legend in the form of Nagra's IV-S, which was made available to STEREO in perfect condition by the manufacturer from Switzerland for the transfers, guarantees the highest level of quality.
The specification was: two tracks, only one direction of travel, a speed of 38 cm/sec plus distortion according to CCIR. The transfers were made under optimal conditions and without any intermediary equipment, directly to the compact, battery-powered Nagra Seven digital recorder, which converts the music to 24-bit/192-kilohertz PCM format and stores it in ist SSD memory. The DVD-ROM of this tape festival makes those untreated files accessible. From these, the information for the 16-bit/44.1 kHz CD layer of the hybrid SACD is generated, while for ist high-resolution track, the PCM data is transferred to the DSD format in an extremely precise and time-consuming calculation process. This ensures that the sound is always as close as possible to the original sound of the tape machine and the respective tapes.
STEREO has done everything so that you can immerse yourself in the fascinating sound world of analog master tapes.
Der in-akustik Soundcheck
€11.00*
Various
Pop International
Format:
CD
Soundcheck for the perfect cable.
Which cable is suitable for your requirements? This CD helps you to choose the right one. Because the cable has a huge impact on the sound of your hi-fi system. This CD contains a collection of superior recordings from the in-akustik sales repertoire representing all the different sound characteristics. You can enjoy exquisite music and the superior sound of your hi-fi system, once you have found the right cable.
Die Stereo Hörtest Best Of LP
€42.99*
Various
Singer / Songwriter
Format:
LP Audiophil
Great music at full revolution is the concept of STEREO Best of listening test LP. This double album features 16 musical highlights from the STEREO listening test samplers I-VI in analog perfection. Therefor the vinyl discs run at 45 revolutions and thus provide maximum detail resolution, dynamics and liveliness. The titles have been carefully selected to ensure that each track will not be just a listening experience but also a special sonic challenge to the hi-fi system, so that it is possible to explore their abilities with the Best of listening test record.
This requires also a special production quality. So the stampers were cut by Pauler Acoustics in the Direct Metal Mastering process, short DMM. This method does not generate pre- and post-echoes, improves high-frequency response and avoids disturbing noises. For the replication 180 grams of high purity virgin vinyl has been used. This also makes the STEREO Best of listening test record for exquisite collector's item for the analog Gourmet.