THE SHEFFIELD LEINSDORF SESSIONS VOL. 1

24K Gold Coating! Audiophile Reference Series!

Remastered using Sheffield's 20+16 Ultra Matrix Processing!

A memorial tribute to Mr. Leinsdorf featuring completely remastered recordings from Sheffield's direct to disc recording sessions. Remastered in Sheffield's 20+16 Ultra Matrix Processing.

Erich Leinsdorf was one of the last of the old school Germanic conductors - a tough taskmaster, a superb technician and a link to a fast disappearing romantic tradition," wrote LA Times music critic Martin Bernheimer, in his obituary for the internationally acclaimed conductor.

Sheffield's 20+16 Ultra Matrix Processing:

This project features a breakthrough in CD sound quality: Sheffield's Ultra-Analog based 20 bit A/D converter is fed into an Apogee UV 22 encoder, allowing up to 15db of low level signal that is below the 16 bit noise floor to be encoded on CD. This dramatic increase in low level resolution represents a significant milestone in Sheffield's quest to achieve the fine detail and ambience retention characteristic of analog recording. The results are stunning!

For more than 25 years, Sheffield Lab has been selected by many of the most respected names in the audio industry to create custom projects using the award-winning "Sheffield Sound". Since their pioneer direct disc recordings in 1968, audiophiles the world over have relied on Sheffield to provide the authentic musical source that is the first component of a true high-fidelity system.

Sheffield's legendary engineering team designs and produces their own recording equipment from the cables up, to deliver the highest possible sonic quality available. The Sheffield Lab name on this product guarantees you an unparalleled experience of musical excitement from recorded music. You'll not only hear the Sheffield difference, you'll FEEL it!

Features:

• 24k Gold Coating CD

• Sheffield's 20+16 Ultra Matrix Processing

• Audiophile Reference Series

• Produced, Engineered and Mastered by Doug Sax & Lincoln Mayorga

Musicians:

Los Angeles Philharmonic

Erich Leinsdorf, conductor

Selections:

Prokofiev

Excerpts from the ballet Romeo & Juliet

Debussy

Afternoon of a Faun

Wagner

Forest Murmers (from Siegfried)