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Things to Remember over Labor Day Weekend
Here are a couple of things for you to remember as you are enjoying your Labor Day Weekend. First, when you are out looking at all the store sales, remember that your favorite record label is having some sales of its own! We are still doing our “End of Summer SALE” which as you should recall means that if you buy two or more items you’ll SAVE 20% on EVERYTHING! And best of all, EVERYTHING…
FREE HRx Downloads!
We wanted to let our readers know that we have provided some complimentary HRx downloads to Computer Audiophile, and they are available on their website! You will have to go to the Computer Audiophile website to download them. The downloads are the Gottschalk: Suis Moi! –Caprice from Joel Fan’s newest release West of the Sun, and Tchaikovsky’s Mazeppa: Hopak from the Minnesota Orchestra album Exotic Dances from the Opera. Here is the information from the…
Reference Recordings News!
Today we would just like to give some news on what is going on at Reference Recordings. First and foremost, our End of Summer SALE is still going on! So, if you wanted to expand your libraries with some HRx recordings, or HDCD recordings, or check out our two new SACD releases, now is the time! Or if there have been some recordings you had been thinking about getting, now is when you should load…
End of Summer SALE and other News
End of Summer SALE!RR is having a SALE! Buy two or more items and SAVE 20%! EVERYTHING on our site is eligible (except sets that already have special pricing)! Sale ends September 22 at 9AM Pacific Daylight Time. Order Securely Online!www.ReferenceRecordings.com RR Has A New SACD Release!Eji Oue/Minnesota OrchestraEXOTIC DANCES FROM THE OPERARR-71SACDYou will enjoy amazing sound on this deluxe 2-channel hybrid SACD of favorites and rarities. This collection of exceptional performances from the Minnesota…
UltraAudio – Audiophile Help
The following is an excerpt from an article found on ultraaudio.com from August 1. XLO/Reference Recordings Test & Burn-in CD It’s amazing how many of us fail to connect equipment properly. How many more do not read manufacturers’ instructions until a problem is encountered? For these and many other very sound technical reasons, the XLO/Reference Recordings Test & Burn-in CD (Reference RX-1000) should be an integral part of every audiophile’s gear. There are many similar…
Kansas City Symphony New Album Information
Here is some new and specific information about the upcoming (release date still pending) album from the Kansas City Symphony, including the album name! Britten’s Orchestra, RR-120 HDCD 1. The Repertoire:The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra is a virtuoso orchestral spectacular, which RR has wanted to record for many years. Sinfonia da Requiem is widely considered to be Britten’s finest orchestral inspiration, and is full of color and wide dynamic range. The music of…
HRx – An older, but relevant review
Reference Recordings Aims At Your Hard Drive By Jason Victor Serinus January 5, 2008 — Reference Recordings, the Bay Area-based audiophile label founded by John T. “Tam” Henderson in 1976, has adopted a unique approach to computer and music server playback. Later this month, the company will begin to market what they call “HRx” discs. Incompatible with conventional optical disc players, these are data discs containing WAV files intended for playback on computer-based music servers.…
Dallas Wind Symphony Release
New Dallas Wind Symphony Sampler Prepare to beAMAZED! NOW AVAILABLEThe New Dallas Wind SymphonySAMPLERRR-909 – $9.98 “The Dallas Wind Symphony is one of America’s elite cultural institutions, up there with the Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles Master Chorale, and the Philadelphia Orchestra.” -Gene Gaudette.com At last, a collection of the very best tracks from all RR releases with The Dallas Wind Symphony, America’s premier professional wind band! All wind music enthusiasts need to have these knockout…
What is HRx?
Yesterday we explored HDCD, and what it is all about, and today we are going to explore HRx and what it offers to audiophiles. HRx DVD-R data discs contain exact, digit-for-digit copies of the original Reference Recordings 176.4 kHz / 24-bit digital masters. This is the ultimate in fidelity for two-channel sound: TRUE high-resolution audio, ready to load from DVD-R data discs onto your computer music server! Best of Show award for “Greatest Technological Breakthrough:…
What is HDCD?
During the introduction of who Reference Recordings is, we have mentioned the term HDCD a couple of times. So today, I’d like to help explain what HDCD means and why Reference Recordings uses it. First off HDCD stands for High Definition Compatible Digital and is a process now owned by Microsoft. The process is supposed to bring back some of the analog “warmth” that is supposed to be lost in digitally mastered recordings. These contain…
Introducing Tam Henderson
For more than 30 years, J. Tamblyn (“Tam”) Henderson has combined his love and knowledge of music with his quest for “the sound of real musicians making music in real space,” molding Reference Recordings into one of the most innovative and respected independent labels in the music business. Founded on the premise that most commercial recordings sound nothing like the live performance experience, Henderson’s productions for Reference Recordings have been widely and lavishly praised for…