Please welcome Bob of Yarlung Records (DSD64/DSD128/DSD256/LP/CD/Tape)

Hello Forum members:

I invited Bob Attiyeh of Yarlung Records to join this forum.

Yarlung Records is an audiophile's dream label. They offer LPs, CDs High Rez PCM downloads, DSD downloads,
and tape. Yes tape!

I am very much interested in helping spread the word about Bob's recordings because they
really do take your breath away. (Disclaimer: I have no financial or professional affiliation).

Yarlung has been mentioned by great mastering engineers like Steve Hoffman as a label that just gets it right.

I am posting an introductory thread about the label, and Bob will join in and participate.
His affiliated site, NativeDSD.com is also one that is fantastic.

BTW, I heard for the first time, *QUAD DSD* there..that is music recorded in the DSD format at, get this, 256 times the sampling
rate of CD..at 1 bit!

Bob is interested in offering special discounts and promotions to forum members. I for one want to get hold of some tape!

It would be great to get your support.

This is Bob's post from another forum he asked to paste in:

Dr. David W. Robinson from PFO twisted our arms, and thanks to his encouragement and help, Yarlung just released our first high resolution DSD albums, generously sponsored by exaSound.com.*

The exaSound Quartet (http://goo.gl/xUvyGU) includes:

Sophisticated Lady Jazz Quartet** http://goo.gl/Ek4lhl
(here is Bill Milkowski’s review in The Absolute Sound http://goo.gl/BkHszp)

Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 conducted by Gerard Schwarz http://goo.gl/6x0Odw
(here is Jim Svejda’s review for Fanfare and KUSC-FM http://goo.gl/tpq1ap)

Suryodaya*** with Badal Roy on tabla and Robert Gupta playing the Nathan Milstein strad http://goo.gl/60ISaV

...and our latest percussion album Smoke & Mirrors: Vanish.**** http://goo.gl/BE9ZZw You won’t be able to sit still!

Free DSD downloads are here: goo.gl/UCqi1b (Yarlung's track are numbers 9 and 10).

Thanks!

Bob Attiyeh, producer
Yarlung Records

www.yarlungrecords.com

* George Klissarov is the superb engineer behind exaSound. George’s e22 (stereo) and e28 (surround sound) DACs exaSound.com play MP3s, CD audio, high resolution PCM downloads, and DSD all the way up to 256fs (or “Quad DSD” as David Robinson calls it) without breaking a sweat. In secret, George is an analog music guy, which may be why his DAC is so musical. Our first four DSD releases come from analog tape, part of the SonoruS Series (http://goo.gl/A8FkjD) of analog tapes underwritten by Arian Jansen. We couldn’t do much at Yarlung without support from titans like George, Arian and David. Thank you!

Join us in making more of these recordings available. Here is Jeff Wilson’s discussion with Yarlung in The Absolute Sound. (http://goo.gl/f6cu7u)

** Recorded in the Brain and Creativity Institute’s Cammilleri Hall at USC (http://goo.gl/gGfel8), built by Antonio Damasio and designed by Yasuhisa Toyota who also designed Walt Disney Concert Hall and Radio Symphony Hall Helsinki.

*** Robert Gupta plays the Nathan Millstein Strad with his cousin Badal Roy on tabla, recorded in Walt Disney Concert Hall. Jazz fans will remember Badal Roy from his legendary recordings with Miles Davis and Ornette Coleman.

**** "Vanish is the engaging and highly innovative follow-up to Yarlung’s original and equally compelling Smoke & Mirrors release, presenting a wide tapestry of rhythms and harmonics skillfully arrayed across a broad and deep soundstage. There’s an immediacy, clarity, and transparency to this modern classical percussion recording that seemingly brings the performers to your living room." Jim Hannon, Publisher & Senior Writer, The Absolute Sound, November 2013

The Smoke And Mirrors Quad DSD download is among the most realistic, mind blowing recordings I have ever experienced.

The only issue is there are not too many Quad DSD capable DACs available!

Yarlung Records said:

Thanks so much Andre. I have been using the exaSound e22, which is mid price but high quality for sound. I enjoy using this DAC, in addition to the fact that George Klissarov underwrote our first four albums, including the one with Smoke & Mirrors to which you lavishly refer, so I am doubly grateful.

I spent an hour on the phone with Ted Brady this afternoon, fine-tuning J River to work its best with exaSound. Ted is a master and the system is now switching effortlessly between PCM and DSD files.

But to your point, Andre, Yarlung will continue to release 256fs files (Quad DSD) and the numbers of albums in this resolution from other labels in increasing quickly. Thank you for your support and for encouraging us. We are like pioneers heading across the great plains, full of the spirit of adventure but without the risks faced by those hearty forefathers and foremothers.

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The exaSound products are excellent, and as you, say, very fairly priced.

I actually using the iFi Micro iDSD for quad DSD, and a Marantz HD DAC1 for double DSD.

You certainly are a pioneer. I think that anyone one under the illusion that you are getting rich running an audiophile label..is well...misinformed.

This is a passion.

What appeals to me about Yarlung, besides good music and high quality recordings, is you guys service every format.

I personally want to try one of the 7.5 ips tapes. I have a B77 on its way back home from the shop.

treitz3 said:

Hello Bob. Please allow me to offer you yet another warm welcome to the What's Best Forum. As with everybody, we hope you enjoy the time you spend here on the forum and we do look forward to you participating. I personally look forward to hearing some well recorded music from you.

Oh, my manners. Thank you, Mr. Andre Marc for referring him to us!

Tom

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Thank you for the shout out sir! Along with exposing Bob's recordings to the members here, Bob can be a resource and a sounding board for questions about the recording chain, production,
and different formats. He has lots of knowledge to share.

Asamel said:

Dumb question here. Does anyone know what DSD playback the OPPO 105 can handle? There are 64, 128 and 256 plus DXD available.

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The iFi Micro does native Quad DSD...for $499. For me it may be one of the products of the year.

FYI: For WBF membrers: the whole Yarlung catalog (any combination of albums), through Jan 2nd, 15% discount, coupon code: What'sBest