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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.
The recordings on this compilation album are selected from projects recorded between 2017-2025. This selection showcases a series of tracks by musicians who have worked with us for a long time, such as Musica Temprana and Cuarteto Quiroga. But new musical ensembles have also truly connected with our label over the past 10 years, such as Ksenia Kouzmenko, Nuala McKenna, and The Hague String Trio.
– 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)
Tracklist
Please note that the below previews are loaded as 44.1 kHz / 16 bit.Total time: 01:28:51
Additional information
| Label | |
|---|---|
| SKU | COBRA0099 |
| Qualities | DSD 512 fs, DSD 256 fs, DSD 128 fs, DSD 64 fs, DXD 32 Bit, DXD 24 Bit, FLAC 192 kHz, FLAC 96 kHz |
| Channels | |
| Artists | |
| Composers | Anonymous, Duport, Frid, Haydn, Kodaly, Ligeti, Poulenc, Ravel, Saint-Saens, Schmidt, Suk, Telemann, Voormolen |
| Genres | |
| Original Recording Format | |
| Analog to Digital Converter | Merging Technologies Hapi MKII |
| Recording Engineer | Tom Peeters |
| DSD Mastering | Tom Caulfield |
| Gear | B&K 4003, Neumann modified by Rens Heijnis |
| Release Date | December 12, 2025 |
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Positive Feedback
Cobra Records’ 25th Anniversary celebration continues with the release of Producer’s Choice, Volume 2. And it is phenomenal. (…) As in in Volume 1, Tom has pulled from his archives the original tracks, this time DSD256 tracks, and collaborated with Tom Caulfield at NativeDSD to re-mix them in Pure DSD256-Direct Mixed using HQ Player Pro, per instructions from Tom Peters. And the results? Oh, the results are just immensely gratifying. Across the board there is a greater transparency, greater clarity, and more natural sound in these new Pure DSD256-Direct Mixed remastered tracks. Do the originals still sound good to my ears? Yes, they do. And, depending on your audio system’s resolution and transparency, you may or may not hear a difference—I can’t guarantee you will. But in our household, in both our primary system and in Ann’s office system, the sound quality improvement just makes us want to stand up and cheer! This is what recordings of acoustic instruments played in a natural acoustic environment can and should sound like.
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