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Pure DSD albums are recorded, mixed and mastered without ever passing through PCM. From the microphone to the final edit master, the music stays in DSD or in the analog domain, with no round trip through DXD or any other PCM format for editing, mixing or sweetening.

We follow the definition developed by NativeDSD mastering engineer Tom Caulfield, which recognizes three ways of working:

Direct Mixed. The microphone tracks are recorded in DSD and mixed, and optionally sweetened, entirely in the DSD domain. This also includes single-microphone live sessions captured straight to DSD.

Analog Mixed. The DSD tracks are converted back to analog, mixed on an analog desk, and converted to DSD again for the edit master. Sessions mixed live on an analog desk and recorded directly to DSD fall into this category too.

Unmixed Transfers. Analog master tapes transferred directly to DSD, with no editing or mixing. These flat transfers preserve the original tape as transparently as possible.

Pure DSD is the most demanding way to make a recording, and only a small group of labels and engineers work this way. The result is music that reaches you exactly as it was captured, in its purest form. Read more about what we mean by Pure DSD.

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Producer’s Choice, Vol. 2: Cobra Records 25th Anniversary [Pure DSD]

Cobra Records

Producer’s Choice, Vol. 2: Cobra Records 25th Anniversary [Pure DSD]

Artists Various Artists, Adrian Rodriguez Van der Spoel, Ardemus Quartet, Cuarteto Quiroga, Folke Nauta, Guillermo Turina, Hervé Joulain, Ksenia Kouzmenko, Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer, Manuel Minguillon, Musica Temprana, Nuala Mckenna, Pauline Oostenrijk, Prisma String Trio, Robert Kulek, Sandro Rodrigues, Silke Avenhaus, The Hague String Trio

Composers Anonymous, Suk, Ligeti, Voormolen, Duport, Telemann, Kodaly, Ravel, Saint-Saens, Haydn, Poulenc, Schmidt, Frid

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Hey Joe Opus/Red Meat [Pure DSD]

Octave Records

Hey Joe Opus/Red Meat [Pure DSD]

Artists Otis Taylor

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
Snapshots [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Snapshots [Pure DSD]

Artists László Borbély

Composers Soproni, Sári

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Beethoven, Ligeti & Lefkowitz [One Microphone Recording] [Pure DSD]

Yarlung Records

Beethoven, Ligeti & Lefkowitz [One Microphone Recording] [Pure DSD]

Artists Quartet Integra

Composers Beethoven, Ligeti, Lefkowitz

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Not Available on SACD
New Dimensions Update Live [Pure DSD]

My Reel Club

New Dimensions Update Live [Pure DSD]

Artists Djabe

Composers Tamás, Attila

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Orion: Yarlung's 20th Anniversary Edition [Pure DSD]

Yarlung Records

Orion: Yarlung's 20th Anniversary Edition [Pure DSD]

Artists Orion Weiss

Composers Bach, Scriabin, Mozart, Carter

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Two Kinds of Infinity [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Two Kinds of Infinity [Pure DSD]

Artists Anna Rakoczy

Composers Bach, Dukay

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Solitude [Pure DSD]

Just Listen Records

Solitude [Pure DSD]

Artists Jelte Noordveld

Composers John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Jelte Noordveld, John L. Nelson, Bronisław Kaper, Ned Washington, Joshua Lee Turner, Harold Arlen, E. Y. Harburg, Bronislaw Kaper

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Bluesy May [Pure DSD]

Sound Liaison

Bluesy May [Pure DSD]

Artists Carmen Gomes Inc.

Composers Fisher, Gallop, Higginbotham, Gomes, Greene, Johnson, Stept, Brown, Tobias, Cory, Cross

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Le Chant des Muses (The Chant of Muses) [Pure DSD] [World Premiere Recordings]

Eudora Records

Le Chant des Muses (The Chant of Muses) [Pure DSD] [World Premiere Recordings]

Artists Maria Hinojosa, Anna Urpina, Daniel Oyarzabal, Nicola Brovelli, Nacho Laguna

Composers Leonarda, Caccini, Duval, Baptista, Castillejo, de La Guerre, Casulana, Parés, Presles, Buttier, Priuli, Dering

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
Extremes of The Soul: Selected Piano Works by Francis Poulenc [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Extremes of The Soul: Selected Piano Works by Francis Poulenc [Pure DSD]

Artists László Borbély

Composers Poulenc

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Resonances [Pure DSD]

Direct Sound Records

Resonances [Pure DSD]

Artists Alessandra Felice, Loretta Proietti

Composers Ravel, Brahms, Debussy, Poulenc, Rachmaninov

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Producer’s Choice, Vol. 1: Cobra Records 25th Anniversary [Pure DSD]

Cobra Records

Producer’s Choice, Vol. 1: Cobra Records 25th Anniversary [Pure DSD]

Artists Various Artists, Ari Rasilainen, Brabants Orkest, Chen Halevi, Cuarteto Quiroga, Dimitri Ferschtman, Hannes Minnaar, Lisa Jacobs, Mengjie Han, MILA BASLAWSKAJA, Musica Temprana, Noam Greenberg, Osiris Trio, Philippe Graffin, SIRIUS SAXOPHONE QUARTET, The String Soloists, Trio Suleika, Turku Philharmonic Orchestra, Winds Unlimited

Composers Tchaikowsky, Dvorak, Ravel, Sollima, Anonymous, Schoenberg, Franck, Marttinen, MICHANS, Comes, Mozart, Brahms, Sartorius, Locatelli, Albeniz

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Mozart & Schubert [Pure DSD]

Eudora Records

Mozart & Schubert [Pure DSD]

Artists Josep Colom, Javier Laso

Composers Mozart, Schubert

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
Quiet Times [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Quiet Times [Pure DSD]

Artists Bela Szakcsi Jr., Laura Csik

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Just Jobim [Pure DSD]

dmp (Digital Music Products)

Just Jobim [Pure DSD]

Artists Manfredo Fest

Composers Jobim, Lees, Mendonca, Moraes, Gimbel, Oliveira, Kaye

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
Quality Of Silence [Pure DSD]

dmp (Digital Music Products)

Quality Of Silence [Pure DSD]

Artists The Steve Davis Project, Tim Ries

Composers LaVerne, Henderson, Dixon, Davis, Gress, Mercer, van Heusen, Kern, Harbach, Shorter

  • Pure DSD
  • Higher Rates Program
Atmosfere [DSD EP] [Pure DSD]

Direct Sound Records

Atmosfere [DSD EP] [Pure DSD]

Artists Marco Ferraguto, Salvatore Fortunato

Composers Morricone, Piazzolla

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Secrets: Chopin's Mature Piano Works [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Secrets: Chopin's Mature Piano Works [Pure DSD]

Artists László Borbély

Composers Chopin

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
In Essence [One Mic Recording] [Pure DSD]

Sound Liaison

In Essence [One Mic Recording] [Pure DSD]

Artists Iman Spaargaren, Peter Bjørnild, Peter Björnild

Composers Wood, Rodgers, Nelson, Styne, Ellington, Ronell, Gershwin, Churchill, Davis, Ramirez, van Heusen, Whiting, Chase, Bonfa

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Lineaments II. [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Lineaments II. [Pure DSD]

Artists Akos Nagy

Composers Nagy

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Open Gate Concert [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Open Gate Concert [Pure DSD]

Artists De TUIN, Irene Verburg

Composers van Bingen , Des Prez, Traditional Armenian, Yerkanian (arr.), Traditional Finnish, Hyökki (arr.), Traditional Swedish, Rosenberg (arr.), Bartók, Traditional Dutch, Konings (arr.), Guglielmi ‘Louiguy’, Hommes (arr.), Kreek, Dychko , Sviridov, Lennon, McCartney, Runswick (arr.), de la Halle, Lundvik (arr.)

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Beethoven Violin Concerto [Pure DSD]

Pelle D'oca

Beethoven Violin Concerto [Pure DSD]

Artists Niek Baar, Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra, Michael Waterman

Composers Beethoven

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Glitch In The Geometry [Pure DSD] [Exclusive NativeDSD Edition]

AudioDefine Records

Glitch In The Geometry [Pure DSD] [Exclusive NativeDSD Edition]

Artists Empty Triangles

Composers Empty Triangles, Thomson

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Queens Of The Blues [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Queens Of The Blues [Pure DSD]

Artists Petra and the Paper Hearts

Composers Lawlers, Morand, Sharp, Dorsey, Brown, Grainger, Foster, Darin, Layton, Leiber, Otto

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
The Blue Hour Sessions: Audiophile Jazz Recordings [Pure DSD]

Just Listen Records

The Blue Hour Sessions: Audiophile Jazz Recordings [Pure DSD]

Artists Rembrandt Frerichs, Rembrandt Trio

Composers Chaplin, Shearing, Jobim, Jenkins, Weill, Coots, Williams, Porter, Ellis, Strayhorn, Mancini

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Evening Conversations: Yarlung's 20th Anniversary Edition [Pure DSD]

Yarlung Records

Evening Conversations: Yarlung's 20th Anniversary Edition [Pure DSD]

Artists David Fung

Composers Mozart, Chopin, Tan Dun, Rachmaninov, Schumann, Scarlatti

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
The Art of the Duo [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

The Art of the Duo [Pure DSD]

Artists I Musici Gemelli

Composers Viotti, Campagnoli, Geminiani, Telemann

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Monkey Business [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Monkey Business [Pure DSD]

Artists Áron Tálas, Danny Ziemann, Jorge Rossy

Composers Porter, Warren, van Heusen, Rosolino, Mandel, Johnson, Smith, Loewe, Jobim, Reinhardt

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
Albums where the recording, mixing and balancing are performed in the DSD or Analog domain

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The Power of the Keyboard: Yarlung's 20th Anniversary Edition [Pure DSD - Direct Mixed]

Yarlung Records

The Power of the Keyboard: Yarlung's 20th Anniversary Edition [Pure DSD - Direct Mixed]

Artists Astral Mixtape

Composers Haydn, Ravel, Villa-Lobos, Knussen, Sculthorpe, Astral Mixtape

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
What’s in a Name? [Pure DSD]

Just Listen Records

What’s in a Name? [Pure DSD]

Artists Angelo Verploegen, Ed Verhoeff, Eric van der Westen

Composers Ellington, Foster, Coltrane, Mandel, Mercer, Silver, Tyner, Shorter, Zindars, Lewis, Young, Kramer, David, Bacharach

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
On Peach Tree Street [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

On Peach Tree Street [Pure DSD]

Artists Voice and Bass

Composers Csuhaj-Barna, Traditional, Lennon, Mingus, Monk

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Not Available on SACD
Sweet 'n' Low [Pure DSD]

STS Digital

Sweet 'n' Low [Pure DSD]

Composers Gershwin, Evans, Mercer, Burke, Johnson, Bergman

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
What A Difference A Day Makes [Pure DSD]

STS Digital

What A Difference A Day Makes [Pure DSD]

Composers J. Mercer, Adler, Gordon, Hart, Mercer, Thompson, Turner, Weiss

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
Black Coffee with Lils Mackintosh [Pure DSD]

STS Digital

Black Coffee with Lils Mackintosh [Pure DSD]

Composers Webster, Porter, Parker, Altman, Hyman, van Heusen, Warren, Rodgers, Woods, Stept

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
A Tribute to Billie Holiday [Pure DSD]

STS Digital

A Tribute to Billie Holiday [Pure DSD]

Composers Raymond, Charles, Kern, Hamilton, Gershwin, Wolf, Donaldson, russel, Herzog jr., Higginbotham, Davis, Hammerstein

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
Santiago de Masarnau: Piano Works (Vol. 3) [World Premiere Recording] [Pure DSD]

Eudora Records

Santiago de Masarnau: Piano Works (Vol. 3) [World Premiere Recording] [Pure DSD]

Artists Claudia Dafne Sevilla, Josep Colom

Composers Masarnau

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
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