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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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Shaping Chopin: Waltzes, Nocturnes, Mazurkas [Pure DSD]

Channel Classics

Shaping Chopin: Waltzes, Nocturnes, Mazurkas [Pure DSD]

Artists Anna Fedorova

Composers Chopin

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Und es ward Licht! (And There Was Light!) [Double Album] [Pure DSD]

Cobra Records

Und es ward Licht! (And There Was Light!) [Double Album] [Pure DSD]

Artists Cuarteto Quiroga, Veronika Hagen

Composers Haydn, Mozart

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Tear From The Shore [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Tear From The Shore [Pure DSD]

Artists Mate Drippey, Mate Szabo

Composers Szabo, Monk, Drippey, Churchill, Green, Wood

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Passacaglia: Organ Music from the 17th Century to the 21st Century [Pure DSD]

Base 2 Music

Passacaglia: Organ Music from the 17th Century to the 21st Century [Pure DSD]

Artists Jean-Paul Imbert

Composers Reger, Buxtehude, De Wolf, Couperin, Ferrari, Rogg, Rheinberger, Bach, Fox, Purches

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
Swan from Afar - Triology, Vol. 2 [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Swan from Afar - Triology, Vol. 2 [Pure DSD]

Artists Kerub

Composers Agoston, Mizsei, Keonch

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Custos - Triology, Vol. 1 [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Custos - Triology, Vol. 1 [Pure DSD]

Artists Kerub

Composers Agoston, Mizsei, Keonch

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Gardens of Gabriel aka Supersize Soundcheck - Triology, Vol. 3 [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Gardens of Gabriel aka Supersize Soundcheck - Triology, Vol. 3 [Pure DSD]

Artists Kerub

Composers Agoston, Mizsei, Keonch

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Beethoven by Special Arrangement [Pure DSD]

IsoMike

Beethoven by Special Arrangement [Pure DSD]

Artists Sonolumina Ensemble

Composers Beethoven

  • Pure DSD
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Musica Callada (Music of Silence) [Pure DSD]

Eudora Records

Musica Callada (Music of Silence) [Pure DSD]

Artists Josep Colom

Composers Mompou

  • Pure DSD
  • Higher Rates Program
A Fine Line In Between [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

A Fine Line In Between [Pure DSD]

Artists Roland Heidrich

Composers Heidrich

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Schubert and Schumann: Sonata D. 960 - Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 [Pure DSD]

Eudora Records

Schubert and Schumann: Sonata D. 960 - Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6 [Pure DSD]

Artists Javier Laso

Composers Schubert, Schumann

  • Pure DSD
  • Higher Rates Program
La Muse [Pure DSD]

Cobra Records

La Muse [Pure DSD]

Artists Prisma String Trio

Composers Schmitt, Milhaud

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Born For Passion: Virtuoso Hungarian Symphonic Music [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Born For Passion: Virtuoso Hungarian Symphonic Music [Pure DSD]

Artists Budafok Dohnanyi Orchestra, Gabor Hollerung

Composers Liszt, Lehar, Dohnanyi, Kodaly, Gyongyosi

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Live Acoustic Session [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Live Acoustic Session [Pure DSD]

Artists Little G Weevil

Composers Weevil, Traditional, Burnside-Weevil, Hooker-Weevil

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Encounters - Music for Viola and Piano [Pure DSD]

Eudora Records

Encounters - Music for Viola and Piano [Pure DSD]

Artists Joaquin Riquelme, Enrique Bagaría

Composers Brahms, Hindemith, Schumann, Enescu

  • Pure DSD
  • Higher Rates Program
Burning River Melting Sea [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Burning River Melting Sea [Pure DSD]

Artists Ken Vandermark, Istvan Grencso, Robert Benko

Composers Vandermark, Grencso, Benko, Szabados

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

Hunnia Records

Unfold Live [Pure DSD]

Artists Veni

Composers Traditional, Szasz, Bata

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
eNerd IV - Time Capsule 2020 (a.k.a. Farewell Party for Normality) [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

eNerd IV - Time Capsule 2020 (a.k.a. Farewell Party for Normality) [Pure DSD]

Artists eNerd

Composers eNerd

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Eisemann Songbook (One Microphone Recording) [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Eisemann Songbook (One Microphone Recording) [Pure DSD]

Artists PapaJazz

Composers Eisemann

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Sound of Movies [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Sound of Movies [Pure DSD]

Artists Budafok Dohnanyi Orchestra, Cantemus Mixed Choir, Gabor Hollerung, Soma Szabo

Composers Williams, Horner, Zimmer, Rota, Morricone, Bernstein, Korngold, Steiner, Hermann, Gyongyosi

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Paganini: 24 Caprices + 1 [Pure DSD]

Channel Classics

Paganini: 24 Caprices + 1 [Pure DSD]

Artists Ning Feng

Composers Paganini

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

Eudora Records

Tuhu [Pure DSD]

Artists Gaelle Solal

Composers Sardinha - Garoto, Villa-Lobos, Gismonti, Jobim, Nazareth, Dyens, Guinga, Pixinguinha

  • Pure DSD
  • Higher Rates Program
I'm Just Singing A Song [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

I'm Just Singing A Song [Pure DSD]

Artists Agnes Lakatos Special Zone, Agnes Lakatos, The Special Zone

Composers Csuhaj-Barna, Enyedi, Pozs, Lakatos

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

Hunnia Records

Black Crow [Pure DSD]

Artists Voice and Bass feat. Balint Gyemant, Agnes Lakatos, Balint Gyemant, Tibor Csuhaj-Barna

Composers Lakatos, Gershwin, Metheny, Csuhaj-Barna, Mitchell, Lincoln, Enyedi, Holiday

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Anabatic Prism Live [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Anabatic Prism Live [Pure DSD]

Artists Decolonize Your Mind Society

Composers Balint Szabo Gosheven

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Sacred Trance Music from Taos Mountain [Pure DSD] [DSD EP]

Yarlung Records

Sacred Trance Music from Taos Mountain [Pure DSD] [DSD EP]

Artists Habib Chishti, Salman Hanuman Lee, Shawnina Good Road Woman, Michael Rosell

Composers Chishti, Tulsidas

  • Pure DSD
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Interstellar Soul [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Interstellar Soul [Pure DSD]

Artists Gabor Varga

Composers Varga

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

Just Listen Records

The Art of Traveling Light [Pure DSD]

Artists Angelo Verploegen, Wim Bronnenberg, Jasper van Hulten

Composers Mann, HILLIARD, Verploegen, Hamilton, Borodin, Wright, Forrest, Powell, Mengelberg, Ahbez, Styne, Martino, Porter

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
Mozart and Romantic Encores for Clarinet and Strings [Pure DSD]

IsoMike

Mozart and Romantic Encores for Clarinet and Strings [Pure DSD]

Artists Sonolumina, Sonolumina Ensemble

Composers Mozart, Wolfgang, Taneyev, Serge, Glazunov, Alexander, Tchaikovsky, Peter, Schumann, Robert, Baermann, Heinrich

  • Pure DSD
  • Not Available on SACD
Homage to Count Basie [Pure DSD]

dmp (Digital Music Products)

Homage to Count Basie [Pure DSD]

Artists Bob Mintzer Big Band

Composers Hefti, Mintzer, Foster, Basie, Duke, HARBURG

  • Pure DSD
  • Higher Rates Program
Hungarian Folk Songs [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Hungarian Folk Songs [Pure DSD]

Artists Tzumo, Tzumo Arpad Olah

Composers Traditional

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Old School Mission [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Old School Mission [Pure DSD]

Artists Gabor Varga Jazz Trio, Gabor Varga

Composers Varga

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

Hunnia Records

Cool Jazz [Pure DSD]

Artists Gabor Varga Jazz Quartet, Gabor Varga, Gabor Varga Jazz Trio

Composers Varga

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

Base 2 Music

Passion Symphony [Pure DSD]

Artists Wayne Marshall

Composers Marshall, Baker, Dupre, Messiaen, Schmidt, Villette, Widor

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
All Things Common: Music of Tarik O'Regan [Pure DSD]

Yarlung Records

All Things Common: Music of Tarik O'Regan [Pure DSD]

Artists Pacific Chorale, Salastina, Robert Istad, Salastina Ensemble

Composers O'Regan

  • Pure DSD
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Chopin & Liszt: B Minor Sonatas [Pure DSD]

Eudora Records

Chopin & Liszt: B Minor Sonatas [Pure DSD]

Artists Josep Colom

Composers Liszt, Chopin

  • Pure DSD
  • Higher Rates Program
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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
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
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
Enrique Bagaría plays Haydn [Pure DSD]

Eudora Records

Enrique Bagaría plays Haydn [Pure DSD]

Artists Enrique Bagaría

Composers Haydn

  • Pure DSD
The Golden Hour Sessions: Audiophile Jazz Recordings [Pure DSD]

Just Listen Records

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

Artists Rembrandt Trio

Composers Porter, Gershwin, Wolf, Ellington, ARLEN, Mendes, Dameron, Fain

  • 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
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
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