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.
GENESIS Foxtrot (2014 US/Canadian Half Speed Mastered issue of the 1973 6-track LP pressed on Audiophile quality 180-gram Heavyweight Vinyl; including Watcher Of The Skies and the incredible 23-minute Supper’s Ready. The vinyl shows minimal play issued in the gatefold picture sleeve retining its original Hype Sticker. This copy remains factory sealed from new!).BILL EVANS Riverside Recordings (2022 US Analogue Productions limited edition 11-LP box set, pressed on 45RPM HQ-180-gram premium vinyl, plated and pressed at Record Technology Incorporated (RTI), mastered from the original analogue tapes. Each LP in their own picture sleeve replicating the original release, with an 18-page booklet detailing Evans’ career and Riverside era. An essential upgrade to the listening experience with improved sonic intensity. Housed inside an embossed black box with gold-foil and pasted image on the front, metallic hype sticker & factory sealed. Recommended) ***Limited to only 3000 copies***.KEITH RICHARDS & THE X-PENSIVE WINOS Live At The Hollywood Palladium December 15, 1988 (2020 UK/EU Limited Edition 13-track double LP pressed on 180gram Red Vinyl, newly remastered & first released in 1991. Includes the bonus recording ‘Rockawhile’, housed in a deluxe gatefold picture sleeve with illustrated credit inners. The sleeve is Near Mint, still in the hype stickered shrinkwrap & the vinyl is Mint & unplayed).GRATEFUL DEAD Workingman’s Dead (Original Master Recording limited edition Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab 8-track double album 2-LP, mastered by Krieg Wunderlich on the Gain 2 Ultra Analog System, specially plated and pressed on 180-gram High-Definition Vinyl at 45RPM. Forever prized for natural sonics, Workingman’s Dead attains audiophile reference status courtesy of this first-ever 45RPM version. As flawless as any rustic album ever released, the 1970 set now brims with soaringharmonies, organic execution, intertwined textures, and uncomplicated structures that furnish the songs a transcendence associated with timeless American music. Colorful, relatable characters seemingly torn from working-class histories and old-time fables inhabit the narratives. Heavyweight gatefold picture sleeve individually gold-foil numbered and still sealed inside its perforated loose bag. Recommended)AC/DC PWR/UP (2020 European 12-track audiophile LP pressed on 180gm Vinyl, complete with picture inner, custom title stickered gatefold picture sleeve. The band’s first album since the death of co-founder and rhythm guitarist Malcolm Young in2017. Housed in a gatefold picture sleeve – still sealed in its original shrinkwrap with clear title sticker on the front).
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