Cobra Records' 25th Anniversary celebration continues with the release of Producer's Choice, Volume 2. And it is phenomenal. Earlier this year, I wrote with enthusiasm about the release of Volume 1 which included selected tracks recorded in DSD64, all from albums released before the introduction of DSD256, HERE, and with an early preview and free sample download HERE
For Volume 2, Tom Peeters has selected from later albums, all of which were recorded in DSD256. Tom made the change to DSD256 when he switched to using a Merging Technologies' Hapi A/D converter following the release of DSD256. But, it was not possible to mix DSD256 tracks at the time, so the originally released albums were mixed in DXD (PCM 352.8kHz/24-bit) and then converted to DSD256 after mixing. Now it is possible to mix purely in the DSD domain. And that is what we have here.
This Volume 2 will be released December 12 at NativeDSD, but in my article below, I have a link to a free sample download 0f the same track mixed and mastered in Pure DSD256-Direct Mixed versus mixed and mastered in DXD and then output to DSD256. Enjoy.
Producer's Choice, Vol. 2. Cobra Records 2025 - Positive Feedback
Producer's Choice, Vol. 2. Cobra Records 2025
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