The Polarity of CDs, SACD, and DVD audio discs

 “The List”

CD, SACD, and DVD Audio Label Polarity List
Updated June 20, 2009 by The Polarity Project™
When a CD is made in normal (absolute) polarity (N), a non-inverting playback system will play the CD such that its compressions and rarefactions are in sync with the live performance. When a CD is made inverted, the compressions and rarefactions of a non-inverting playback system will be exactly out of sync with the live performance.
In my experience the major labels are more likely to have CDs of both polarities but they tend to be predominantly one polarity and the list includes some of the CDs that are not in a label’s usual polarity. When the relative polarity of all the tracks on a label’s CD sampler is the same, it’s usually indicative of the label’s polarity for all its discs, because the sampler is probably representative of many of the label’s offerings. It may appear that the polarity of some labels CDs is random, e.g. Verve is an example of an umbrella label that has sub-labels that may have different relative polarities but each sub-label’s CDs are usually the same relative polarity. Therefore, each sub-label is listed as if it’s a totally separate label. If the CD isn’t silver (aluminum), e.g. gold it will be noted.
So far the only reissued CD I’ve heard whose polarity differs from the original is the DAFOS CD recorded in 1984 by Rolling Thunder Productions and issued inverted in 1985 by Reference Recordings and reissued in polarity in 1989 by Ryko – Rykodisc – The World. However, it seems to me that most if not all of Reference Records vinyl records of the same music as their CDs are in polarity. I’ve heard other labels with reissued CDs that have the left and right channels reversed relative to the vinyl record. Some stereo microphone and multi-microphone feed CD reissues have one or more feeds remixed into different channels.
The polarity designations are as stated only if the majority of CD manufactures are making CDs in correct polarity (N), but if the opposite is true, then the polarity designations should be reversed (R) but the relative polarities of the listings won’t change.
The Phil Spector “Wall of Sound” (W/S) recordings are a special case because at both live and recorded performances Phil Spector wanted the lead vocalists and instrumentalists in absolute polarity (N) to spotlighted in bas relief against a 2-dimensional wall of sound he created by having everything else heard in inverted polarity (R).
I’ve discerned the polarity of thousands of CDs but don’t think it’s useful to list them all. I can only determine the polarity of CDs by listening. I want to list specific CDs and CD labels that are of special interest to music-loving audiophiles. Because as the Perfect Polarity Pundit in reality I’m not always perfect, the list is subject to revision, so please feel free to suggest corrections and additions.
I listen to CDs on a player with a volume control and remote control digital domain polarity switch connected directly to a non-inverting power amplifier over a minimum phase speaker system of my own design. I discern polarity by deciding which polarity sounds more like live music. For SACDs, DVDs, internet downloads, and vinyl records I add a preamplifier with a remote control polarity switch. And for vinyl records I use a linear tracking turntable with a strain gauge cartridge.
Updates to “The List” will be published both separately as “The List Update (with its date) and fully integrated into “The List.”
For information on the sonic effects of polarity you may read A Speculation on Perception of Detail by clicking on the link: Polarity Think piece: A Speculation Regarding Perception of Detail
Anyone who’s interested in a free listening session sharing some of their favorite music/my favorite music/using my CD player’s remote control polarity switch to hear polarity differences for themselves, please email: gslouis [at] gslouis [dot] com or call 619-401-9876 7-days a week from 9AM to 11:45PM Pacific time and I’ll do my best to accommodate you.
A “The” at the beginning of a label name will be omitted for the purpose of alphabetizing but shown in parenthesis after the label name, e.g. (The).
“The List”
1,027 Entries, 957 N and 70 R*, R/(N + R) = 70/1,027 = 6.82%*, *R actually includes everything that’s not N, i.e. BP, W/S, S/W, MT, and MP.
N = Normal Polarity, R = Reversed Polarity. BP = Both Polarity CDs, W/S = Wall of Sound, S/W = Reversed polarity Wall of Sound, MT = Mixed polarity tracks, and MP = Mixed polarity on one or more tracks. All W/S and S/W are MP but not all MP are W/S or S/W.
143 Records – LAVA Alantic hyper CD recordings N
25 Years BMG – Will Ackerman, Hearing Voices (Guitar) N
32 Jazz N
429 Records N
4AD N
70 1905-1975 –Bongiovanni Digital N
9 winds N
91 Ninety-One N
A & M – Records N
A & M Records - Delos N
A & M Records – Americana N
A Bongo Music N
A World of Music N
A440 N
AB Sound - Alpha Enterprise Co. Ltd. N
Acantia N
Accent N
Accord – Plus Time N
Accurate N
Ace N
ACM N
Acoustic Disc N
Acoustic Music N
Acoustic Music Records USA N
Acoustic Music Resource Solid Air Records N
ACTO Atlantic Recording Corporation R
ACTO Records – Atlantic & Atco Remasters N
ACUM N
After 9 Records N
Ag – Columbia N
Agora – Musica -.Akademia N
Ahimsa Acoustics N
AI LACOX N
Air Gospel N
AirCraft Records – Round Sounds Vol. II R
Albion N
Album Network (The) N
Alfa Jazz – evidence N
Alithea Records N
All Art Jazz N
All Star Percussion Ensemble (The), matrix # MOS MCD-10007 5 made in Japan R
Allegiance – Takoma N
Allegretto – Allegrettto II N
Allegretto II N
Allegro N
Allegro-Music.com - Columbia River Entertainment Group) N
Alligato Records N
Aloi Records N
Alshire Stereo N
Amazing Records N
Ambrus Discs & Tapes N
American Gramaphone – Sampler III N
American Music Hall – The Carmen McRae- Betty Carter Duets R
American Recordings –Johnny Cash N
Analog Productions N
Angel N
Angel Classic Musicals N
ANTI, Inc. N
Antilles – Island (see Island – Antilles) N
Antilles - Patricia Barber, A distortion of Love N
Antone’s Records N
Antone’s Records and Tapes N
Appleseed Recordings N
AR Jazz Arabesque Recordings N
Arabesque N
Arbors Records – Arbors Jazz N
Archive Production N
Archives – Warner Bros. N
A-Records BIEM/STEMRA Digital Mastering Hoagy Carmichael, Stardust Melody N
Argo N
Ariola – Eurodisc N
Arion N
Arista N
Arista = RCA – BMG N
ARK R
Arkadia Jazz - In the Beginning – Opening Salvo N
Arrow Records N
Ars Harmonica - S.G.A.E. N
Art & crafts International N
Art & Electronics – A Soviet American Joint Venture – MCA Classics N
ARTizen Music Group N
Arts – Audiophile series 24-bit 96 kHz technology – MCPS N
AS disc N
Astree Auvidis N
Astree Naïve N
Astron N
ASV – Academy Sound and Vision Ltd. N
Asylum N
Atlantic – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, 4 way Street N
Atlantic (HDCD) N
Atlantic Jazz N
Atlantic Records Fortieth Anniversary N
ATMA clasique N
Atr. N
AUDIO – A CD Sound Sampler by AUDIO GEMA N
Audio N
Audiophile Records N
Audiophoric m-phoric recording system N
Audioquest R
Audioquest Music R
Audiostax – Dummy –Head – Recordings N
Aurophon N
Auvidis Astree N
Avenue Jazz – Rhino N
Aware Records – Columbia N
B & O Bang & Olufsen N
b N 021 N
B.I.E.M. – STEMRA –JMT Productions N
Bainbridge Records – Colossus Digital Stereo N
Bandit Records – Welk Music Group N
Barclay PolyGram distribution N
Basin Street Records N
Bat Records N
BBC Radio Classics N
BBR – Big Bang Records N
BCC Music Magazine N
Bear Family Records N
Beast Retro N
Bedroom Classics N
Bella Nova Music N
Berlin Classics – edel company N
BIEN – Storyville Records N
Bien/ncb FXCD N
Big Chicago Records, Inc. – A Chicago Jazz Tour N
Big Mo Records N
Big World Music Inc. N
BIS R
Bis Records AB (tested hybrid SACD – CD layer only) N
Black Beauty Records N
Black Lion N
Black River Records N
Black Top CD BT N
Blackground Records – Universal Records N
Black-Hawk Records N
Blix Records R
Blix Street Records – Eva Cassidy, Songbird R
Blluebird – RCA N
Bloodshot N
Blue Live, The Authorized Bootleg N
Blue Note – Capitol Records, Inc. N
Blue Note N
Blue Note – Premonition Records N
Blue Sky Records N
Bluemoon N
Bluemoon/Moo™ N
Bluemoon/MR N
BluePort N
Blues Express Inc. N
Blujazz N
BMG Music N
BNA Entertainment – BMG N
Bold Hill – Vision Records N
Border Community N
Bowers & Wilkins - Automotive Compilation 2008 R
Bowers & Wilkins Gema –BRC N
BRC-Jam N
Bridge N
Bringing It All Back Home R
Broadway Angel N
Brownstone Recordings N
Brue & Kjaer Pro Audio N
Bruel & Kjaer B & K N
Bug – Capitol Records N
Burmester – Art for the Ear N
Café Records N
Cairney Hill Music N
Caju Music – Milestone World Music N
California Breeze N
CALIG (Digital) N
Caltex Records N
Calvin Records N
Candid – Koch International N
Canyon N
CAPI-LUX N
Capitol – Bonnie Raitt, Road Tested N
Capitol Compact Disc N
Capitol Compact Disc (Records) –EMI N
Capitol Records – bel BIEM N
Capitol Records (Capitol Compact Disc)– mpL N
Capitol Records, Inc. – Jasrac –Tosiba-EMI LTD. N
Capitol Records, Inc. N
Capitol Records - The Best of Pink Floyd - Echoes  W/S
Capprccio Digital N
Capri Records – Super Bass R
Capri Records, LTD. N
Capri Wu Records LTD. N
Capricorn Records – N
Carosello Records & Tapes N
Carrot Top Records N
Caryout – Borough Media -Redeye Distribution N
Cascavelle N
Cascavelle – SUISA N
Castle Tutse mcps N
Category 5 Records = Red N
CBS – Pink Floyd, The Wall W/S
CBS MKN N
CBS Records Masterworks N
CBS/SONY N
CBUJ Recordings N
CDJAY N
Cedille Records N
CELP – N
Cema Special Markests – Sound Exchange N
CEMA Special Markets – Peggy Lee, Fever & other hits N
Centaur N
CETRA Classic Collection N
Cexton Records N
CGD Music N
Challenge Records N
Chameleon / Beachwood Records – Juber Music N
Chandos (Digital) N
Channel Classics Records BV STEMRA N
Chanticleer Records N
Charisma –pointblank N
Chesky 24-bit/96kHz CDs  N
Chesky N
Chesky CD layer SACD 204 N
Chess – MCA - Utradisc II Original Master Recording MFSL N
Chess N
Chrysalis N
Chrysalis Records, Inc. N
Clarinet Classics N
Classic Blues N
Classio N
Claves – SUSIA N
Cleo N
CMR Cross Movement Records –Provident- Integerity – Sony BMG N
Col Legno Contemporary N
Collectables N
Collectors’ Choice Music N
Collegium N
Collegium Records N
Colossus – Digital Stereo – Bainbridge Records N
Colossus – Digital Stereo N
Columbia – Bob Dylan, Blond on Blond R
Columbia – Bob Dylan, Bringing it All Back Home R
Columbia – Bob Dylan, Desire N
Columbia – Bob Dylan, Oh Mercy N
Columbia - James Taylor, Live W/S
Columbia – Legacy N
Columbia – MTV™ Unplugged EP – Mariah Carey N
Columbia – Roger Waters, Amused to Death (gold) N
Columbia Jazz Masterpieces Columbia N
Columbia Legacy – Lagacy Rhythm and Soul Series N
Columbia Miles Davis, Kind of Blue N
Columbia/DMZ/Legacy N
Compadre Records N
Compass / Productions N
Compass Records N
Concert Gold - Intersound (Gold) N
Concord – King Records, Tokyo Japan – Jasrac R
Concord (Records) – jazz moods, Jazz at Love’s End N
Concord Jazz – (LA4 series of CDs) N
Concord Jazz R
Concord Jazz – The Concord Jazz Guitar Collection Vols. 1 & 2 N
Concord Jazz - The L.A. Four, Going Home N
Concord Picante N
Connoisseur Collection Ltd. N
Criss Cross Jazz N
Crystal Records Digital N
CTI – A Division of Creed Taylor, Inc. N
CTI – Epic – Legacy N
CURB Records – RCA N
Custard 60 Music N
Dancing Cat Records N
Daptone Records N
Dare2 Records N
Dargason Music N
DBK JAZZ N
DCC Compact Classics R
DCC Jazz Counterpoint R
Decaydance N
Decca A Universal Music Company - Gladiator N
Decca Jazz - GRP Presents The Legendary Masters of Jazz N
Def Soul – The Dej Jam Music Group – A Universal Music Company N
Dejadice N
Delmark N
Delta Music Gemb - The Instruments of Classical Music Cello  R
Delos – Digital Master Series N
Delos N
Dennon Records/Nippon Columbia Co. Ltd. Monaural N
Denon N
Deutche Grammophon – Anne Sofie Vonotter Meets Elvis Costello N
Deutsche Grammophon (CD layer of hybrid SACD) N
Deutsche Grammophon DG R
Deutsche GrammophonDG - The Complete Nocturnes, Daniel Barenbolm R
Deutsche harmonia mundi N
dg A Universal Music Company Miramax enhanced CD N
dg A Universal Musical Company N
DGC –David Geffen Company N
DGQ-20 N
Diesel Only Records N
Digital Mastering N
Direct Source Special Productions Inc. N
Discos de Centroamerica, s. a. N
Discover International N
Discovery N
Disques Pierre Verany N
DMP R
dmp – Telarc Digital – Priority Sample N
Donkey N
Dorian Recordings N
Double Time Records N
Dove Audio N
Dreyfus Jazz N
DRG N
DRK-CD N
DS - Direct Source Special Productions Inc. N
Dualtone N
Ducale - S.I.A.E. N
Dynamic Srl N
Earth Work N
East Wind – Jasrac – The L.A. Four, Going Home N
East Wind – Philips – Gold CD Special Limited Edition N
Eastwind –IMC Intercom Music Corp. N
Easy Star Records N
EASYDISC N
Ecdenklang –The Eclectic-Music Company N
ECM N
Edel Company –Berlin Classics N
Editio Classic – deutsche harmonia mundi N
Electra N
Elektra – Musician N
Elektra Nonesuch N
Eleven Seven Music N
Eleven Thirty Records – Viewfinder Records
Eloquence – Universal - Philips Classics N
EmArcy N
EmArcy Records N
EMI Angel Digital N
EMI Classics N
EMI Classics For Pleasure N
Encore N
ENJA Gema Stereo N
Epic N
Epic Red Ink N
Epic/Associated N
Epic/Legacy N
EPM Musique N
Erato – Electra N
Erato N
ERC N
Ermitage – RTSI – SIAE N
Estudio Eldorado N
Eurodisc N
Evening Star Records N
Ever Loving N
Everest – The Sound of Everest 35 MM Ultra Analog Vanguard Classics N
Evidence N
Excelsior – Jazz Gold N
Exceslsior Classic Gold N
Fabric Records N
Fanfare- The Fanfare CD Sampler N
Fantasy, Inc. – Milestone N
Fat Possum Records – Epitaph N
Favored Nations Acoustic N
Fervent Records – Curb – WB [Warner Brothers] N
Fidelio – Licensed from Hungaroton N
FIM K2 N
Fingerstyle Guitar N
Firebird – King Records, Tokyo Japan N
Firm Music N
First Choice N
Flavor Unit Records – Vector – AEG Live –Creative Battery – A&M Records – Universal N
Flying Fish N
For the Stars R
Forefront Records NN
Frenchkiss Records N
Gai Saber N
GALA N
Gammon N
Garland N
Gazell N
GCD N
Gecko Records N
Geffen N
Geffen Records Inc. – The Eagles, Hells Freezes Over N
GEMA N
GEMA Special Markets N
Gemini Records N
GGS Gaither Music group N
GHA Records N
Giant N
Giant N
Gift Horse N
Gimell N
Ginfline –Fineline Classical N
GLCD – June Tabor a Quite Eye N
Global Pacific N
GML Gold Mastafon Labo – [EX-SPIRAL] N
GNP N
GNP Crescendo Records N
Gold Fidelity N
Golden String Audiophile Repertory – Harold Farberman Conducts R
Good Music Record Co. (The) N
Gospel (HDCD) N
Gospo Centric – Fo Yo Soul Productions N
Gramavision N
Green Line Records, Inc N
Green Linnet, Inc. R
Greenhays Recordings N
Groove Note – Audiophile CD Stereo N
GRP N
GRP Records N
GSP N
GSP JAZZ N
Guitar Musi - Tom Sheeley, Guitar N
Guitar Reflections N
GuitarSounds N
GuitarSounds N
Hallmark- Acoustic Evening N
Hannibal Records N
Hanssler Classic N
Harlequin Records – Ybarra Music N
Harmo;nia Mu;ndi Production USA N
Harmonia Mundi France N
Hart Music N
Harvest N
Heads Up – a division of Telarc International Corp N
Heads Up International N
Hear Music N
Heart Beat N
Heart Music Inc. N
HEARTS of SPACE N
Henceforth Records N
Henry Street Records N
High Bridge N
High Harmony Records N
High Street Records NHigh Windy Audio N
High Windy Audio N
Higher Octave Jazz N
Higher Octave Music N
HighNote Records Inc – Jazz halo – Sheila Jordan and Cameron Brown R
Hightone Records N
Hillbillies IAGME PUBLISHING R
Hindsight Records, Inc. N
HIP-O Records – APE Audio Project Earth – APE Vision N
Hit Label (The) N
Hollywood Records N
Honest Linn Records N
Horus Records  N
Hot Club Records N
Hug Bug Records N
Hungaroton Gramophone Company - Artisjus N
Hyperion N
I.R.S. No Speak – International Record Syndicate, Inc. N
IAGME PUBLISHING HILLBILLIES R
IASCA Certified Test Compact Disc N
Imaginary Road N
IMC - Intercom Music Corp. – East wind N
IMI Records N
IMP Classics N
Impulse! N
Inak – Gema N
Infinity Digital N
Innerscope N
Innertube Music N
Innova Digital Arhive N
Innovation Records N
iNo Records – Columbia N
Integrity Music – Columbia N
Interface N
Interplay Records N
Intuition Music Inc. N
Intuition Records, Inc. N
Inuk MusiCompany N
ipo N
IRS Records – dada N
Island – Antilles N
Island - Island records Ltd. N
It’s All G N
Ivory Records N
J Records – MBK Entertainment N
j Records – Stiefel Entertaninment N
Jahaza Records – Epic N
Jahaza Records – Epic N
Jasman Records N
Jasmine Records - CEDAR N
Jasrac – Venus Records, Inc, N
JAZ Records N
Jazz Alliance, Inc. (The) N
Jazz Arena N
Jazz Cat Record N
Jazz Colours GEMA DA Music R
Jazz Focus Records N
Jazz Heritage division of Musical Heritage Society (MHS) N
Jazz Kuro.org N
Jazz Land (hybrid SACD only tested CD layer) N
Jazz Point N
Jazzed Media N
Jazzline (Records) Alex Merck Music Inc. N
Jazzology N
J-Bird Records N
Jeep Grand Cherokee- Infinity Gold Audio System N
Jeton N
Jim Earp – Rosewood N
Jive – Zomba Recording Corp. N
JMG N
JMT Body and Soul – Polydor K.K. N
jmt The Verve Group django bates, summer fruits (and unrest) N
Jukebox Jazz N
Justice Records N
JVC N
JVC 20bit K2 super recording N
JVC xrcd N
K11 Rocks N
Kamei Recordings N
Kickin Grass - Kickin Grass Band  N
Kinetic Records – Treacle N
Kitchen Table Records N
Kitty-yo N
Klavie Records N
KnitClassics – Sampler N
Knitting Factory Works N
Knoh Schwann N
KO Productons N
Koch International Classics N
Koch Records N
Kopaesthetics N
L’oiseau-Lyre N
Label M – Album Classics N
Laboratorie DECON N
Laface – Zomba N
Laface Records N
Lake Shore Jazz of Chicago N
Landmark Records – Jasrack N
Landmark Records N
LaserLight – R
Last Gang – Vice N
Latent Recordings – ZOE Records N
LAVA independiente enhanced CD N
LCR LTD N
Legacy International N
Light Records N
Lightening Rod Records N
Ligia Digital- France N
Limelight N
Linn Records N
Live & Intensified! ReCoRDs N
Live At Montreux ! – San Diego State University Jazz Ensemble N
Living Era – ASV N
Living Music N
London – Classic Compact Discs (Gold) N
London N
Lost Highway N
Lost Highway a Universal Music Company –Mercury Records Def Jam Recordings N
Lovely Music, Ltd. - Lovely Communications, Ltd. N
Luthier N
Luz Mudanza Productions N
Lydian N
Lynn Records N
Lyrita N
M * A Recordings – MA on SA [ a hybrid SACD, CD layer only a sampler] R
M * A Recordings R
M *A Music N
Mad Romance Records N
Mad-Kat Records N
MagicMusic N
Makoche Records N
Malpaso Records – Warner Brothers N
MAMA –(The MAMA Foundation) Musical Archives Foundation N
Mammoth Recording Company N
Manteca World Music N
MAPL- Shirley Eikhard Music Inc. N
Mapleshade Productions N
MAPLESHADE PRODUCTONS – Clifford Jordan Quartet N [see MSH] N
Marco Polo N
Mary Stallings, Fine and Mellow N
Mastersound – Intersound N
Mat Hat Tan N
MCA N
MCA Classics N
MCA GRP N
MCA Master Series N
MCA Records N
MCA Records – Zebra Records N
MCA/IMPLUSE! N
Mercury – Jasrac – Alpha Plus Series N
Mercury N
Mercury Living Presence – 35 MM N
Mercury Living Presence – Your Are There! 22 Classic Hits Limited Edition N
Mercury Records – Island Def Jam Recordings Music Group N
Mesa N
Metal Blade Records Inc. N
Metro Blue – Blue Note – Finest Jazz Since 1939 – Yellow Tangerine –Philipsen N
Metro Blue - EMI N
MFSL Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab – CTI reissue N
Midas Records N
Midnight Mood (the CD title by Mark Maxwell with no label name) N
Milan – BMG N
Milestone – Fantasy Inc. N
Milestone N
Milestone World Music - CAJU MUSIC N
Milking Bull Records N
Milwaukee 20th Century Ensemble, Inc. N
Miramar N
Miramax Films – Nonesuch N
Mister’s Music –SOD –Zomba N
Misty River – Misty River Rising R
Mlan – WEA N
MMG Moss Music Group, Inc. R
Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL) Ultradisc MPS N
Mode N
Mojo Sounds N
Moment! Records – Meyer Sound N
Monitor Records N
Morgan Creek – Magnatone Curb –Island N
Morning Sky Productions N
Moss Music Group, Inc. MMG R
Motown N
Motown Master Series  N
Mountain Home Music Company N
Movie Music – Virgin Records America Inc. N
MPS N
MTI N
Muse Records N
Music & Arts N
Music Club N
Music Maker N
Music Masters Classics N
Musical Heritage Society (MHS)- Jazz Heritage N [see Jazz Heritage] N
Musical Reflections N
Musician - Ivy Hill – Musician Magazine’s New Music Sampler N
Musician – Elektra N
Musicraft Records N
N 2 K Encoded Music R
Nabel - GEMA N
Nacional Records N
Naim N
Naïve N
Narada Equinox N
Narada Lotus – Guitar fingerstyle, A Narada Collection N
Narada Real World - N
Narada World N
Nature Recordings – Reference Series N
NatureQuest - An Adventure in Nature and Music N
Nautilus Recordings N
Naxos – Hybrid Multichannel SACD - CD layer only tested N
Naxos Jazz N
Neil Sedaka Music N
Network America LLC N
Network Music Group N
New * West Records N
New Albion Records Inc. N
New Edge Music – Russell Donnellon, URSA MINOR N
New Jazz – RVG Remasters – Long Playing Microgroove N
New Line Records N
New World Records – George Crumb N
New World Symphony new world jazz N
NewDoor Records N
Newport Classic – Bicentennial Series N
NewTown Music Group N
New Digital Recordings - EMI Records Group North America N
Nightwatch N
Nimbus R
Nonesuch N
North Star Records N
Northeastern N
Northern Arizona University Wind Symphony – From the Delta N
Nouveau N
Nova Records, Inc. N
Novalis N
Novus – Bluebird RCA N
Novus – RCA BMG Music TMK(s) Nß
Novus – RCA Victor BMG N
Nozzle Records - Distributed by Vanguard Records A Welk Music Group Co. N
NRG Records, Inc. N
Ode sound & visuals N
Odin Records – Sampler N
Odyssey – Sony Music Entertainment Inc N
Okeh/epic Epic Records Group N
OM Records N
Omi Tone N
Omni tone N
On The Spot N
Ondine N
Onitor N
Ood Muuzic Entertainment Publishing N
Open Air Records – Attic Records Ltd. NN
Open Wide – Monument by Artistry – Columbia N
Opera D’ORO – Allegro Corporation N
Opti.Me.S. – Made in Italy by Opti.Me.S. – SIAE N
Opus 3 N
Or Music - Jdub Records – Matisyahu – Epic
Orange Blue (Productions) N
Orchid Series (The) N
Orgin Records N
Other Minds Records N
Overbrook Music/Intersocpe Records N
Owl N
Pablo R
Pablo Original Jazz Classics N
Pair – BMG Music – RCA Special Products N
Pair Records N
Palmetto – Frank Christian, from my hands R
Pamlico Sound – Sugar Hill N
Parlophone N
Passage Records N
Pat Possum Records N
Pathfinder Records N
PD Mute
Personal Choice Records N
Pet Rock – Astralwerks N
PGM – Pro Gloria Musicae - 24 Bit N
Philips N
Philo N
Philo – Rounder N
Pierre Verany N
Pilot N
PILZ - Vienna Master Series – Digital – Classic – The Sampler N
PILZ – Golden Classics (Gold) N
Pipeline Music N
Planet Bluegrass N
Platero N
Playboy Jazz N
Plladium (Records) Latin Jazz & Dance Records N
Plus Records Group (+) N
Point Classics – mcps N
Point Classics N
Point Music N
Polydor N
Polydor PolyGram Label Group N
Pope Music N
Portrait N
Posi – Force Records N
Postcard, Inc. N
Premium Music Collection N
Premonition Records N
Prestige N
Prestige Jazz – Jay Leonhart, A Jazz Journey N
Private Music N
Proarte Digital – Fanfare N
Proarte Digital N
Productions Sunset House N
Profil - Edition Gunter Hanssler N
Projazz N
Projekt N
Prompt N
Proprius – AudioSource N
Proprius N
Proprius Prophone N
Provident N
PS Classics N
PSM – Polygram – Pasta Classics N
Pure N
Putumayo World Music N
Quality Warlock N
Quintessence N
Ranwood N
RAS Records N
Rave On (Rave-On) RaveOn Productions N
RCA – Songs From Ragtime the Musical N
RCA Legacy N
RCA Victor – Living Stereo N
RCA Victor BMG N
RCA Victor Gold Seal N
RCA Victrola N
RCAVictor BMG - The Chieftains Tears of Stone R
RcaVictor Red Seal – Michael Tilson Thomas N
RCM – Rubedo Canis Musica N
Real Talk – Koch Entertainment N
RealTime Records N
Realworld N
Realworld – Narada N
Rearword N
Rebel Ink Records N
Rebel Records N
Red Bridge Records Blue Thumb N
Red Hen Records N
Red House Records, Inc. – Martin Simpson, righteousness & Humility N
Red Ink N
Red Pajamas Records, Inc. N
Red Rose Music Hybrid SACD the CD layer N
Red Seal Digital – RCA N
Redhot Records N
Redwood Records N
Reference Gold by Inersound N
Reference Recordings – A Prof. Johnson Recording Dafos [1985] [see Ryko - The World N] R
Reference Recordings - HRx 24-bit/176.4kHz
Reference Recordings R
Relativity/MMC N
Rendezvous N
Rendezvous NRepertoire (see Universal… below) R
Repretoire (see Starbucks Coffee above) R
Reprise Records – Blue Joni Mitchell N
Reprise Warner Brothers N
ReR N
Reservoir N
Restless Records N
Resurgent Music N
Rhino - Acoustic Edge R
Rhino – Blue Man Group, How to Be a Megastar Live R
Rhino – Contemporary Folk, The Best of Folk Music N
Rhino – Smash Arts N
Rhino - WB (Warner Brothers) N
RHR CD – Legends of Folk N
Ricercar – WDR SABAM N
Righteous Babe Records N
Rising Sleeves N
River North Records – A Cappella Gershwin as Performed by GLAD R
Riverside - Original Jazz Classics – Prestige Records N
Riverside N
Riverside [Riverside Records] – Original Jazz Classics N
Roadrunner Records N
ROC-A-Fella Records N
Rock Bridge Music N
Rodolphe Productions N
Roland –V-Guitar system VG-8 – Demo CD N
Ronnie Scott’s Jazz House N
Roost N
Ropeadope – Music Entertainment 3
Rosshashauna Music/Excellent Classical Song (BMI) N
Rough Guides N
Rough Guides – World Music Network N
Rough Trade Records – World’s Fair N
Roulette Jazz N
Rounder – Philo N
Rounder Records R
Royal Opera House – Covent Garden Records N
RPM Records/Columbia N
RSO – Gema N
Ruby Records N
Ruf Records GmbH N
Runaway N
Ryko - The World - 360 N
Ryko N
Ryko – The World - Rykodisc– 360 Productions - Dafos [1989] [see Reference Recordings R ] N
Saber Records N
Salabert N
Sandstone Music N
Sauerkrauts (The) – Auf Der Autobahn N
SAVANT N
Savoy Jazz N
SCI Fedelity Records N
Scott Williams - SWCS-001 (a two CD set) N
Secret Sun Recordings N
Selva (Gold) N
Sepia N
Seraphim Classics – Angel Records N
Shanachie – Spirit feel N
Shanachie Entertainment Corp. N
Shangri*La – Entertainment- Artist –ada N
Sheffield lab N
Shiloh Records N
SHO–BUD Music N
Shout – The One N
Shout Records N
Show Dog Nashiville -= TKO Artist Management – Universal N
SIAE – Made in Italy by Opti.Me.S. N
Siam Records N
Signature Sounds N
Signum Classics N
Silva Screen Records N
Silver Lining Records N
Silver Wave Records R
Silvertone Records N
Simple Strings Records N
Simply Red N
Sine Qua Non N
Sire/Warner Bros. N SKG Music Nashville LLC N
SKG Music Nashville LLC N
Slip N Slide – Def Jam Recordings N
SMG Records N
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings – Luiz Bonfa, Solo in Rio 1959 N
Solid Air N
Solid Air Records N
Solitudes Environmental sound experiences – Sampler N
Solo Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar N
Song Images N
Sony – BMG BIA N
Sony N
Sony (Philips) Hybrid Multi-channel SACD CD layer GRV 1013 N
Sony Classical – Essential Classics N
Sony Classical N
Sony Classical –Shalit N
Sony Legacy DSD N
Sony Music Special Products – Prentice Hall N
Sony Music Special Products Columbia Records N
SOR Nashville N
Soul What Records N
Soundwings/Duke Street N
SPA N
Special Music Company N
Special Music Company (The) N
Srarathan Records N
St.Clair Entertainment Group Inc. N
Staggs Family Records N
Star Sounds N
Starbucks Coffee – Universal Music Special Markets R
StarZone Records N
SteepleChase – Shirley Horn Trio, All Night Long N
Stemra N
Step – 1 N
Stet Records N
Stomp Off Records N
Stones Throw N
Stony Plain Records N
Stox N
Stradivari Classics N
Stunt Records N
Sugar Hill N
Sugar Philips N
Sugo Recording Company N
Sundown Records N
Sunnyside N
Supraphon N
Swave – Best of Koffi Olmide R
Sycuan Resort & Casino Minutes Away Miles Apart N
Synnara Music N
TAA Usher N
Take Two Records N
Takoma – Allegiance N
Tall Tree Records N
Taylor-Made Recordings N
Team Love N
Telarc N
Telarch Surround (hybrid SACD only tested CD layer) N
Teldec –Elektra International Classics – Warner Bros. N
The ACT Company – ACT Music + Vision N
The Gold Label-Honest Entertainment, Inc. N
The Sparrow Corporation N
Three Blind Mice N
Thunderbird Records N
Ti Timeless St. Clair N
Tim Janis Ensemble N
Timberline Music N
Time Life N
Times and Seasons – The Saint Dominic Choir N
Tomato N
Tomorrow International Digi-Rom, Inc. R
Tooth and Nail – solidstates N
Tooth and Nail Records N
Topic Records N
Toucan Cove – Label X – Madacy N
Touch and Go N
Traffic Entertainment Group N
Transmat N
Triloka Records – The Living Proof Series N
Trojan N
Troy N
Troy990 - Albany N
TRT – Maude Maggart N
Trustkill Records N
TSCC K2 Laser Cutting N
Turner Classic Movies Music TCM Rhino Movie Music R
Turner Classic Music – Rhino Movie Music N
TUTU Pasparamas Music (GEMA) N
Ubi Soft - Entertainment N
Ubiquity – Cubop N
Ubiquity Jazz Records N
Ultimatum Music, llc. N
UMIP France N
Universal Music Special Market – Starbucks Entertainment N
Universal Music Special Markets – Starbucks Coffee R
Universal Records N
Universal Republic Records N
Upstairs Records – Big Gun Records N
Uptown Records N
Urainia N
USA Music Group – Record Division N
Usher – Usher Audio Technoloty N
V2 MH N
VAI Audio N
Vanguard Clasics – Omega Record Group, Inc. N
Vanguard Classics – The Sound of Everest 33 MM Utra Analog 20 bit digital N
Vanguard Classics USA N
Varese Sarabonde Digital N
Varrick CD N Verve 50th Anniversary N
Venus Records, Inc. N
Verve – Compact Jazz N
Verve – Diana Krall, Live In Paris R
Verve – Giants of Jazz Productions R
Verve R
Verve Digital – Shirley Horn, You Won’t Forget Me R
Verve Group jmt N
Verve Records - Stan Getz/Luiz Bonfa, Jazz Samba Encore N
Vice 679 N
Vice –Vice Music, Inc. N
Viceroy Music N
Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation N
Virgin N
Virgin Classics sampler 1990 N
Vision Records - Gold Hlll N
Vital N
Vivi N
Vocation N
Voss Records N
Vox Allegretto – R
Vox Cameo Classics N
Vox Cameo Classics ESX Entertainment Inc. N
VoxBox3 N
War N
Warner Brothers N
Warner Brothers - Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits - Recorded in the USA by Sanyo  R
Warner-Pioneer-Corporation Japan -Elektra - Jasrac N
Warp Records Limited N
Water Lily Acoustics N
Water Lily Acoustics, Inc. N
Watt – Gema N
WDR N
Weasel Disc N
Wem Records N
Who’s Who In Jazz N
Wichita N
Wienerworld Records R
Willdam Hill Jazz – Turtle Island String Quartet R
Wilson Audiophile Definitive Recording N
Win What’s in a Name Records – Intersound N
WIN Whats Name Records N
Windam Hill R
Windam Hill Collection R
Windam Hill Jazz BP
Word (entertainment, llc.) Warner/Curb Company N
Work N
World (The) – Ryko 360 N
World Circuit – Nonesuch N
World Music Network – Compilation N
World Pacific N
Xenophile N
XL Recordings Ltd. N
Yamaha – Digital Aujdio a Demonstration - Jasrac– Angel Eyes R
YepRoc Records N
Yinjazz Records N
YMC Records N
Zebra Acoustic N
Zebra Records – MCA Records N
ZOE N