Album of the Week
From 2xHD
The broad, sweeping phrases of Carter’s improvisations have the structural stability of compositions in their own right. Here, his approach to benefits from having been honed through the decades.
Jan Fritz, Jazz In Europe
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Higher Rate Program
From Harmonia Mundi
The English Concert, Andrew Manze
This recording explores the night-music of Mozart’s soul. It is one of NativeDSD’s all-time bestsellers and just entered the Higher Rate Program. As a result you can now – for the first time, and exclusively – download the album in DSD 64, DSD 128, DSD 256 or DSD 512. Right here at NativeDSD.
Read everything about the Higher Rate Program here.
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Ready for Christmas
Christmas is on its way, and we already selected some albums for you to get started!
NativeDSD Albums of the Year 2020 – the nominees
33 albums nominated
As we have done in the past few years, NativeDSD called upon two of our music experts – Senior Reviewer Bill Dodd and Technical Advisor Brian Moura – to carefully review the year’s releases and bring our listeners 3 to 5 nominations in several musical categories.
Check out the 33 nominees for The Best of DSD in 2020…
The Album of the Year nominees are available a reduced price. Reduction is automatically applied during checkout.
World Premiere
From Reference Recordings
In the latest addition to its Fresh! series of Stereo and Multichannel DSD 256 recordings from Sound Mirror, Reference Recordings proudly presents two new works from leading American composer Jonathan Leshnoff. These world premiere recordings showcase the Kansas City Symphony performing his third symphony, inspired by World War I letters home, with texts sung by baritone Stephen Powell. It is coupled with Leshnoff ’s new and exciting piano concerto, dedicated to and performed by pianist Joyce Yang.
New DSD Releases
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Tuhu -
Love You Madly – Live at Bubba’s -
Reflections -
Up Jumped The Devil -
Fermi’s Paradox -
Pianist Josep Colom in Pure DSD 256 Stereo & Multichannel – no DXD processing -
Sonic Rade Pop and Rock Music DSD and DXD Bundle -
Puccini: Il Tabarro -
Black Crow -
Audiophile Analog Collection Vol. 1 -
The L.A. Network Plays Gershwin (2 Track Analog Recording) -
Leshnoff Symphony No. 3, Piano Concerto
Current Best Sellers
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Black Crow
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Audiophile Analog Collection Vol. 1
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Leshnoff Symphony No. 3, Piano Concerto
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I’m Just Singing a Song -
Far More Drums -
Debussy: La mer, Prelude a l’apres-midi d’un faune; Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole -
Libertango (One Microphone Recording) -
Patricia Barber: Higher -
Cool Jazz -
Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4, Leshnoff Double Concerto for Clarinet and Bassoon -
Don’t You Cry (One Microphone Recording) -
Polarity – An Acoustic Jazz Project -
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 -
Take One
Music for Christmas
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Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker: Complete Ballet -
Cantate Domino -
Bach – St. Matthew Passion -
Bach – Christmas Oratorio -
Stille Grender – Christmas Carols -
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 18 & Grieg Piano Concerto Op. 21 -
Weihnachtsoratorium (The Christmas Oratorio) -
Puer Natus Est – Tudor Music for Advent and Christmas -
A Wondrous Mystery – Renaissance Choral Music for Christmas -
A Spanish Nativity: Christmas Music by Lobo, Guerrero, Morales, & Victoria -
Stille lys (Quiet Light) -
Music for Christmas- James Welch in Concert at Stanford Memorial Church
Good sounding music starts with excellent quality DSD & DXD data
What we do
NativeDSD provides listeners a top quality resource for DSD Stereo, DSD Binaural (for headphone listeners) & DSD Multichannel music directly from Native DSD, Native DXD, Native Very High Bit Rate PCM (24 bit, 384kHz) and Analog Master Tapes transferred to DSD in Stereo, Multichannel and Binaural.
Where it comes from
The music we offer comes directly from the musicians and recording artists recording in DSD, DXD, Very High Bit Rate PCM (24 bit, 384kHz) and Analog Tape to DSD Transfers. NativeDSD will never sell upsampled PCM at bit rates below DXD (24 bit, 352.8 kHz PCM) and Very High Bit Rate PCM (24 bit, 384kHz). That’s how we make sure that you get as close to the actual performance as possible.
How we present it
You can choose to download as Stereo (and when available in Multichannel and Binaural) DSD 256, DSD 128, DSD 64, and DXD and in a growing number in the popular Stereo DSD 512 bit rate.
NativeDSD also offers Stereo, Binaural and Multichannel FLAC files. These are created from the DSD and DXD editions of these albums using the unique “Zephiir” conversion process created by Bit Perfect which produces exceptionally high quality FLAC files.
Get Started using a laptop or desktop to download an album, listen with a DSD capable Digital Audio Player (DAP), a DSD capable Digital to Analog Converter (DAC), or a DSD capable Optical Disc Player plus a pair of headphones or speakers – start off with our free DSD starter pack!
Recent Articles
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NativeDSD celebrates all the good stuff 2020 brought us in terms of Direct Stream Digital (DSD) music. With over 70 music labels contributing to our listeners music enjoyment there is much to celebrate. This year, the NativeDSD family of music labels released over 250 DSD albums in […] - A word with the young freethinker among Dutch pianists
TRPTK Studios, Utrecht. Thursday, September 3rd 2020. A video call between pianist Nicolas van Poucke in Amsterdam, drinking an Ethiopian drip coffee, and producer Brendon Heinst in Utrecht (about 50km from Amsterdam), with a shot of Burundi (about 2.700km from Ethiopia) espresso. Near neighbours in […] - Norwegian Girls Choir – Christmas Carols recorded in DXD
The Norwegian Girls Choir and pianist Tord Gustavsen combine their talents in a programme of popular and cherished Christmas carols, leading the audience from quiet melancholy to expressive improvisations and sparkling, ecstatic moments. Anne Karin Sundal-Ask directs the performances with attention to each individual singer […]
DSD 256 from Just Listen
These albums are recorded in Stereo and Multichannel DSD 256 from Just Listen.
New at the NativeDSD Gear Store
DSD, DXD & FLAC Surround Sound with exaSound e68
Built around the ES9038PRO monolithic DAC chip from ESS Technologies, the e68 8-Channel Digital to Analog Converter (DAC) offers the listener astonishingly natural analog-like sound with vanishingly low distortion and noise levels. The e68 also features a high-power, high-performance headphone amplifier and an ultimate resolution volume control. Available to our listeners worldwide except in the U.S. and Canada.
- Multichannel DAC capable of playing up to 8-channels of DSD 256, DSD 128, DSD 64, DXD, and FLAC/PCM up to 384 kHz
- Playback of Stereo DSD 512
- Built around the ES9038PRO monolithic DAC chip from ESS Technologies, the e68 has astonishingly natural analog-like sound and vanishingly low distortion and noise levels.
- The e68 offers a high-power, high-performance headphone amplifier and ultimate resolution volume control.
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