Apologies for the repetition but I felt this deserved its own thread, and not just a passing mention in the What’s Spinning thread that may have been missed by many forum members.
Mercury Living Presence is a record label that will need no introduction to audiophiles with an interest in classical. Their recordings rank among the most fabled in the history of audio. Excellent performances captured with sound quality that fundamentally reset the bar for what was possible. Indeed the sound quality was so high that it far exceeded the abilities of contemporary high end replay systems to reproduce it, leading to waves of discovery for generations of audiophiles thereafter.
When these legendary recordings came to be remastered digitally for their release on CD and later again for their release on streaming platforms, Wilma Cozart Fine, who mastered the original stereo LPs, selected a dCS 900 ADC for the job.
The dCS marketing team put together a 3-part podcast series charting the history of these recordings which was released in 2015 to coincide with the 70th Anniversary of the label. While forum veterans will no doubt remember this, we’ve had plenty of new members in the last ten years who may not be aware of it so I thought it was worth a little bump.
I really can’t recommend it highly enough. It offers a fascinating insight into some of the most storied recordings in the history of high end audio, and the small part dCS played in bringing them into the digital era.
Enjoy!
https://dcsaudio.com/edit/trust-your-ears-exploring-the-history-of-mercury-living-presence
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