John Coltrane Quartet Ballads

audiophile Impulse Universal Ultimate High Quality CD UCCU-40111

made in Japan

new, factory sealed

UHQCD stands for Ultimate High Quality Compact Disc and is a joint development of the Japanese CD replication company Memory-Tech and the Audio Quality CD Company from Hong Kong. Unlike conventional CDs, UHQCDs are not pressed from polycarbonate, but cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. Another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied to the softer photopolymer for scratch protection. The combination results in significantly reduced reflection of laser light inside the CD and an unmatched precise edge transition between pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with standard CD players. Musically, the result is a sound image strongly reminiscent of analog master tapes.

The discs offered by Universal Japan are additionally MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) encoded. If you output the digital signal from the digital output of your CD player or the previously ripped data stream from your music server to a corresponding MQA-DA converter, you can generate a 24-bit signal with up to 352 Khz sampling frequency from the CD data.

While Universal Music Japan's first UHQCD series relied on the DSD data of previous SHM-SACD releases, with increasing popularity, albums that had not previously been released as SHM-SACD are now appearing. Typically, the Universal Archive master tapes are re-converted to DSD for this purpose and then post-processed with the appropriate MQA encoder. Thus, the UHQCDs are ideal for music lovers who want to get as close as possible to the sound of the recording, but do not own an SACD player.

Bill Evans Trio Waltz for Debby

audiophile Riverside Universal Ultimate High Quality CD UCCU-40031

made in Japan

new, factory sealed

UHQCD stands for Ultimate High Quality Compact Disc and is a joint development of the Japanese CD replication company Memory-Tech and the Audio Quality CD Company from Hong Kong. Unlike conventional CDs, UHQCDs are not pressed from polycarbonate, but cast from a photopolymer and cured with UV light. Another layer of high-purity polycarbonate is applied to the softer photopolymer for scratch protection. The combination results in significantly reduced reflection of laser light inside the CD and an unmatched precise edge transition between pits and lands of the CD. UHQCDs are 100% compatible with standard CD players. Musically, the result is a sound image strongly reminiscent of analog master tapes.

The discs offered by Universal Japan are additionally MQA (Master Quality Authenticated) encoded. If you output the digital signal from the digital output of your CD player or the previously ripped data stream from your music server to a corresponding MQA-DA converter, you can generate a 24-bit signal with up to 352 Khz sampling frequency from the CD data.

While Universal Music Japan's first UHQCD series relied on the DSD data of previous SHM-SACD releases, with increasing popularity, albums that had not previously been released as SHM-SACD are now appearing. Typically, the Universal Archive master tapes are re-converted to DSD for this purpose and then post-processed with the appropriate MQA encoder. Thus, the UHQCDs are ideal for music lovers who want to get as close as possible to the sound of the recording, but do not own an SACD player.

Patricia Barber A Distortion of Love

Mobile Fidelity MFSL UDSACD 2100

limited numbered edition

Hybrid SACD in audiophile sound quality

made in USA

new, factory sealed

Ray Charles The Genius After Hours

Mobile Fidelity MFSL UDSACD 2073

limited numbered edition

Hybrid SACD in audiophile sound quality

made in USA

new, factory sealed

For the first time in 50 years, this hybrid mono SACD is a release of "The Genius After Hours" that can match the quality of the first pressing. Ray Charles became a legend after his move to Atlantic Records. In the 1950s, he strung together hit after hit and invented R'n'B. But Atlantic didn't want to pin the musician down to one direction and allowed him to record instrumentals that followed his jazz and blues roots. The recordings come from the three studio sessions during which "The Great Ray Charles" was also created. Charles teams up with saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman in a tried-and-true manner; trumpeter Joseph Bridgewater and bassist Oscar Pettiford round out the combo with their remarkable performances. The arrangements are by Quincy Jones. But at the center is clearly Ray Charles, unconcernedly steering the music in exactly the direction he has in mind.

Rob LoVerde did the remastering for Mobile Fidelity; the hybrid mono SACD is released in a limited edition mini LP cover with consecutive serial number.

Tracks:

1. The Genius After Hours

2. Ain’t Misbehavin’

3. Dawn Ray

4. Joy Ride

5. Hornful Soul

6. The Man I Love

7. Charlesville

8. Music, Music, Music

Ray Charles The Genius Sings The Blues

Mobile Fidelity MFSL UDSACD 2049

limited numbered edition

Hybrid SACD in audiophile sound quality

made in USA

new, factory sealed

Tracks:

1. Early in the Mornin'

2. Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)

3. The Midnight Hour

4. (Night Time Is) the Right Time

5. Feelin' Sad

6. Ray's Blues

7. I'm Movin' On

8. I Believe to My Soul

9. Nobody Cares

10. Mr. Charles' Blues

11. Some Day Baby

12. I Wonder Who

The Genius of Ray Charles

Mobile Fidelity MFSL UDSACD 2055

limited numbered edition

Hybrid SACD in audiophile sound quality

made in USA

new, factory sealed