Get 35% Off Volumes 1 & 2 with this DSD Bundle

Positive Feedback Writer’s Choice Award

Volume 1 – Pure DSD 64
The recordings on this compilation album are a selection of projects recorded in DSD 64 since 2007. The transition to the highest recording quality available at the time was in line with our philosophy of dedicating ourselves to the utmost dedication in all aspects of our projects. (From 2017 onward, this would be DSD 256.)

I encourage listeners to listen to these tracks with an open mind, savor the beautiful sounds, and, above all, discover the fascinating story behind each release. You’ll undoubtedly discover gems that will pique your interest in the entire accompanying album. I wish you much listening pleasure!

– Tom Peeters, Cobra Records (founder/manager/engineer)

Dimitri Ferschtman & Mila Baslawskaja (Track 1)
Osiris Trio (Track 2)
Trio Suleika (Track 3)
Cuarteto Quiroga (Tracks 4, 6, 12)
Música Temprana (Tracks 5, 10, 14)
Hannes Minnaar (Track 7)
Philippe Graffin (Tracks 8, 11)
Turku Philharmonic Orchestra & Ari Rasilainen (Track 8)
Sirius Saxophone Quartet (Track 9)
Brabants Orkest (Track 11)
Winds Unlimited (Track 13)
Lisa Jacobs & The String Soloists (Track 15)
Chen Halevi & Noam Greenberg (Track 16)
Mengjie Han (Track 17)

Volume 2 – Technological Advancement From DSD64 to DSD 256
In 2017, we made the transition to an even higher super audio quality: DSD256. With a heavy heart, I said goodbye to the dCS converters and replaced them with a Merging Technologies HAPI A/D converter and a HAPI D/A converter. While this did result in higher audio quality, I also suddenly lost my trusted equipment. Sonically, I felt I had to compromise. Only after a period of experimentation did I regain confidence and discover other qualities of this equipment. An added convenience was that the entire recording setup became considerably smaller, perhaps even 100 kg lighter, and compact. The custom-made Rens Heijnis mixing console was no longer needed, so an additional piece of equipment could be left behind. It felt like the dawn of a whole new era.

On this sampler, I have selected tracks recorded with this new DSD256 technology. All projects are from the original DSD256 tracks pulled from the archives and remastered in PureDSD by Tom Caulfield of NativeDSD, with no PCM anywhere. They are mixed and mastered entirely in the DSD domain.

– Tom Peeters, Cobra Records (founder/manager/engineer)

Música Temprana (track 01)
Ksenia Kouzmenko (track 02)
Ardemus Quartet (tracks 03 – 05)
Pauline Oostenrijk (track 06)
Guillermo Turina & Manuel Minguillón (track 07)
Sandro Rodrigues (track 08)
Nuala McKenna (track 09)
Duo Rozemond & Bekkers (track 10)
Hervé Joulain & Silke Avenhaus (track 11)
Cuarteto Quiroga (track 12)
Nuala Mckenna & Robert Kulek (track 13)
Prisma String Trio, Lars Wouters van den Oudenweijer, Folke Nauta (track 14)
Música Temprana, Adrián Rodriguez van der Spoel (track 15)
The Hague String Trio (track 16)