For anyone who collects vinyl, we know that some of the most highly wanted pressings tend to be those classed as Audiophile.
Those with the best hi-fi equipment will always want the best quality sounding pressing available, be that high quality 180 gram or heavier vinyl, CD’s, Super Audio CD’s, SHM-CD’s, DVD-Audio Discs and more, from companies like DCC, Mobile Fidelity, Nautilus, Nexus, Simply Vinyl or Nimbus.
AUDIOPHILE VINYL
‘True Fidelity’ vinyl is perhaps the ultimate format for the audiophile. Issues are taken from original master tapes for pure ‘as intended sound’, and production techniques such as half-speed mastering, quadraphonic sound and special formulated virgin vinyl are common in most audiophile releases.
There are many labels who issue audiophile recordings, but only a few specialize in it. Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL) have a variety of series including ‘Original Master Recordings’
[OMR] and ‘Ultra High-Quality Recordings’ [UHQR]. Other important audiophile labels include Nautilus, Direct-Disk Labs, Sheffield Lab and Wilson Audio.
AUDIOPHILE COMPACT DISCS
With the development of the compact disc so typically came the development of its audiophile counterpart. Again, there are specialist labels, there are varying techniques (gold discs, layered discs, high-density discs) and there are varying opinions on the listening pleasure! But we’re here to bring all those quandaries together.
Here at eil.com we have a nice range of Audiophile pressings to suit everyone’s taste and pockets, our Christmas store is open and being updated with new stock daily.
MILES DAVIS Kind Of Blue (2021 UHQR limited edition 33RPM 5-track LP from Analogue Productions, the definitive Ultra High Quality Record, each one hand-pressed on a manual Finebilt press using Clarity Vinyl® – the best-selling album in jazz history, mastered directly from the original master tapes by Bernie Grundman and speed-corrected, just as he did with the Classic Records 1995 reissue. Purest possible pressing housed inside a most visually stunning presentation package. Brand new & factory sealed)
THE CRANBERRIES Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Can’t We? (1993 UK limited edition 12-track audiophile LP, housed in a fully textured plain black card sleeve with the large picture/tracklist sticker attached as well as the circular hype sticker, complete with black die-cut inner & CD-sized lyric picture booklet. The sleeve displays minimal wear & the vinyl shows very few signs of play. A really nice one owner example of this hard to find 90s pressing! ILPS8003).
DAVID BOWIE Bowie At The Beeb (2016 UK limited edition 39-track remastered 4-LP vinyl box set pressed on 180gram Vinyl featuring the best of David’s Bowie’s BBC radio sessions from 1968-1972. This vinyl version features Oh! You Pretty Things [a David & Mick Ronson duo from a Sounds Of The 70’s: Bob Harris session broadcast in September 1971] and The Supermen [from Sounds Of The 70’s]. All four discs appear barely played and come accompanied by the 20-page booklet within a two-piece textured picture box DBBBCLP6872).
DIRE STRAITS Dire Straits (2019 limited edition Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 9-track 2-LP, mastered by Krieg Wunderlich at MFSL on the Gain 2 Ultra Analog System, specially plated and pressed on 180g High-Definition Vinyl at 45RPM. Heavyweight gatefold picture sleeve with original album art, individually numbered in gold on the back. Although not sealed, this example remains in a ‘near as new’ condition. The ultimate analogue reference of their 1978 debut album!).
CAROLE KING Tapestry (2021 super limited & already sold-out repress of the Original Master Recording 12-track LP, mastered by Krieg Wunderlich at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab on the Gain 2 Ultra Analog System, plated & pressed on 180-gram high definition vinyl. Carole’s essential 1971 album featuring I Feel The Earth Move, You’ve Got A Friend and A Natural Woman. Gatefold picture sleeve individually numbered, factory sealed inside its loose poly bag. Highly recommended).
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