The Perfect Illusion vs. The Flawed Reality The high-resolution audio files below represent two entirely different philosophies of playback, captured directly from the listening room in uncompressed 192kHz/24-bit FLAC. We are comparing two different versions of the Oscar Peterson Trio’s We Get Requests: a highly polished studio master tape and an unmastered, direct-cut acetate lacquer. […]

It’s a been a while, but sometimes it’s nice to slow down from my normal YouTube channel and get back to the things I love – like lacquer! I have been meaning to do another volume for some time and here we are. Volume 6 brings us the venerable Nina Simone and her I Put

When you talk about truly iconic, powerhouse recordings, Steinberg’s “Also Sprach Zarathustra” with the BSO is the real deal— one of the most recognizable pieces of all time. The fact that Supersense got access to the original tapes for an Archival Tape Edition is frankly wild. This isn’t just another reissue; it’s a direct-cut lacquer

An oft talked about album, John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme is regularly mentioned in the top 10 of best jazz albums of all time. While I have mixed feelings about it myself, I do understand the sentiment. It wasn’t until hearing it on lacquer that I truly understood though – there is an emotion that

This is possibly one of my more favorite albums from supersense thus far. So much emotion from the piano…. As promised, here’s the needle drop! Enjoy