Audiophiles among the fan group immediately noticed errors and problems with this mastering and discussed being disappointed by the quality of the covers.
Audiophile CD recordings are available on import in the United States, including the 2005 Japanese pressing with a truncated track list.
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A new live recording "Sessions from the 17th Ward" featuring solo cellist Dave Eggar was released October 2012 on audiophile label Chesky Records and features HD Binaural recording.
Beginning in the mid-1970s, Shanefield was an early proponent of double-blind ABX testing of high-end audio electronics; in 1980 he reported in High Fidelity magazine that there were no audible differences between several different power amplifiers, setting off what became known in audiophile circles as "the great debate".
Data gleaned from these double-blind tests is not accepted by some "audiophile" magazines such as Stereophile and The Absolute Sound in their evaluations of audio equipment.
One Destructoid article from 2007, for instance, claims that the SCPH-100x model is worth $5999.99, calling it The audiophile's dream?.
The first title pressed at Quality Record Pressings was one of the all-time most classic audiophile records, Cat Stevens’s Tea for the Tillerman from 1970.
Among other awards, he has won: the Classical Music Award 200 given by European critics in Cannes Midem, Victoires de la Musique and Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros, four times best soundtrack during the World subaquatic Movies Festival in Antibes, The Choice of Gramophon, Best of the Year 2001 in Audiophile, and Choc in Le Monde de la Musique for his interpretation of the Turangalîla-Symphonie by Messiaen.