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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.

353 products

Concertos for the Emperor [Pure DSD]

harmonia mundi

Concertos for the Emperor [Pure DSD]

Artists The English Concert, Andrew Manze

Composers Vivaldi

  • Pure DSD
  • Higher Rates Program
The Window [Pure DSD]

Sketti Sandwich Productions

The Window [Pure DSD]

Artists David Elias, Charlie Natzke, Chris Kee, Eric Moon, Eric Thorin, John Magnie, Marc Dalio, Matt Flinner, Ross Martin, Sally Van Meter

Composers Elias

  • Pure DSD
  • Higher Rates Program
Acoustic Trio DSD Sessions [Pure DSD]

Sketti Sandwich Productions

Acoustic Trio DSD Sessions [Pure DSD]

Artists David Elias, Charlie Natzke, Chris Kee

Composers Elias

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

Sketti Sandwich Productions

Crossing [Pure DSD]

Artists David Elias

Composers Elias

  • Pure DSD
  • Higher Rates Program
Brahms: Intermezzi, Op. 117 - Klavierstücke, Opp. 118 & 119 [Pure DSD]

Channel Classics

Brahms: Intermezzi, Op. 117 - Klavierstücke, Opp. 118 & 119 [Pure DSD]

Artists Anna Fedorova

Composers Brahms

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Romance and Fantasy [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Romance and Fantasy [Pure DSD]

Artists #225, #246, amp, #233, László Borbély

Composers Schumann, Brahms

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
In the Cycle of Goldberg Variations [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

In the Cycle of Goldberg Variations [One Microphone Recording] [Pure DSD]

Composers Bach

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
Enchanting Scents [One Mic Recording] [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Enchanting Scents [One Microphone Recording] [Pure DSD]

Composers Sibelius, Rachmaninov, Liszt, Kosma, Delibes, Tchaikovsky, Strauss II

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Not Available on SACD
EXCLUSIVE EARLY RELEASE | Moór & Ravel Piano Trios [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Moór & Ravel Piano Trios [Pure DSD]

Composers Ravel

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Shakespeare's Mirror [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Shakespeare's Mirror [Pure DSD]

Artists I Musici Gemelli

Composers Stracchi

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Traditio [Pure DSD] [World Premiere Recording]

Eudora Records

EXCLUSIVE EARLY RELEASE | Traditio [Pure DSD] [World Premiere Recording]

Composers Boccherini, Mozart, Flecha

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano and Violin No. 7 & No. 10 [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Beethoven: Sonatas for Piano and Violin No. 7 & No. 10 [Pure DSD]

Composers Beethoven

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
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
My Arias [Pure DSD] [One Mic Recording]

APSoon Recordings

My Arias [Pure DSD] [One Mic Recording]

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Not Available on SACD
The Night [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

The Night [Pure DSD]

Composers Feldman, Stockhausen, Enescu

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Bartók String Quartets No. 2 & No. 3 for Piano [World Premiere Recording] [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Bartók String Quartets No. 2 & No. 3 for Piano [World Premiere Recording] [Pure DSD]

Artists László Borbély

Composers Bartók

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
An Italian Portrait [Pure DSD]

Eudora Records

An Italian Portrait [Pure DSD]

Artists #237, Alfonso Sebastián

Composers Händel, Handel

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
Kodály: Duo for Violin & Cello, Op. 7 & Ravel: Sonata for Violin & Cello, M 73 [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Kodály: Duo for Violin & Cello, Op. 7 & Ravel: Sonata for Violin & Cello, M 73 [Pure DSD]

Artists Péter Szabó, Virginie Robilliard

Composers Kodaly, Ravel

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
Where Are We Going (20th Anniversary DSD 256 Remaster Series) [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Where Are We Going (20th Anniversary DSD 256 Remaster Series) [Pure DSD]

Artists Roland Heidrich, amp, The Abstract

Composers Heidrich

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
The Ghost, the King and I featuring Scott Hamilton & Strings [Pure DSD]

Sound Liaison

The Ghost, the King and I featuring Scott Hamilton & Strings [Pure DSD]

Artists Scott Hamilton, The Ghost The King And I, Frans van Geest, Rob van Bavel, Vincent Koning

Composers Porter, Jobim, Duke, Youmans, Elliott, Woods, van Bave

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
Life, Love, Death [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Life, Love, Death [Pure DSD]

Artists Zhengyi Huang

Composers Stravinsky, Liszt, Wagner, Kreisler, Brahms, Schumann

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

Hunnia Records

Liszt: Not Just Fingers [Pure DSD]

Artists Gil Sullivan

Composers Liszt

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
From The Court Of Burgundy: Yarlung’s 20th Anniversary Edition [One Microphone Recording] [Pure DSD]

Yarlung Records

From The Court Of Burgundy: Yarlung’s 20th Anniversary Edition [One Microphone Recording] [Pure DSD]

Artists Ciaramella

Composers Pullios, Dufay, Anonymous, Ciconia, Grimace, Pykini, Binchois, Agricola, Gilbert, Des Prez, Ghiselin, Isaac, Busnois

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
The Many Faces of J.S. Bach

Hunnia Records

The Many Faces of J.S. Bach [Pure DSD]

Artists Gil Sullivan

Composers Bach

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Show Me The Answer [Pure DSD]

Outer Marker Records

Show Me The Answer [Pure DSD]

Artists Jared Masters, Hazelrigg Brothers

Composers Masters

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (The Well Tempered Clavier), Volume I [Double Album] [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (The Well Tempered Clavier), Volume I [Double Album] [Pure DSD]

Artists László Borbély

Composers Bach

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
E-MOTION [Pure DSD]

Eudora Records

E-MOTION [Pure DSD]

Artists Luc, #237, a Caihuela, José Antonio Montaño, La Madrileña, Lucía Caihuela

Composers Hasse, Guglielmi, Gatti, Jommelli, Duni, Vinci

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
Form & Flow [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Form & Flow [Pure DSD]

Artists Tritonus Guitar Trio

Composers Szabó, Dará, Anonymous, Dyens, Ková, cs, Balá, zs

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

Cobra Records

Camino [Pure DSD]

Artists Duo Delibes

Composers Mosquera, Gaos, Palomino, Luis de los Cobos, los Cobos

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
The Madrid Conservatory String Quartets (Vol. 2) [Pure DSD]

Eudora Records

The Madrid Conservatory String Quartets (Vol. 2) [Pure DSD]

Artists Seikilos Quartet

Composers Leoz, Pompey, Bautista

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
Impacts [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Impacts [Pure DSD]

Artists Gergely Szurgyi

Composers Purcell, Pavlovits, Pusztai, Villa-Lobos, Bartók, Bach

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
The Madrid Conservatory String Quartets (Vol. 1) [Pure DSD]

Eudora Records

The Madrid Conservatory String Quartets (Vol. 1) [Pure DSD]

Artists Seikilos Quartet

Composers Remacha, Pablos, Bacarisse, Molleda

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
Flowers We Are: From Byrd to Kurtág [Pure DSD]

Cobra Records

Flowers We Are: From Byrd to Kurtág [Pure DSD]

Artists Ksenia Kouzmenko

Composers Kurtá, g

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
  • Not Available on SACD
The Viola Sonatas from the Royal Chapel of Madrid [Pure DSD]

Eudora Records

The Viola Sonatas from the Royal Chapel of Madrid [Pure DSD]

Artists Pablo de Pedro Cano, Lorenzo Meseguer

Composers los Rí, os, Astorga

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Higher Rates Program
Clarinet/Guitar [One Microphone Recording] [Pure DSD]

Sound Liaison

Clarinet/Guitar [One Microphone Recording] [Pure DSD]

Artists Alexander Brott, David Lukács

Composers Feather

  • Pure DSD
  • Edit Master Sourced
  • Not Available on SACD
Timeless [Pure DSD]

Hunnia Records

Timeless [Pure DSD]

Artists I Musici Gemelli

Composers Leclair, Pleyel, Viotti, Geminiani, Bériot, Bartók

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