This sampler of FIM recordings has been mastered by the new K2 HD format which creates an unbelievable sound surpassing all other formats!

This is K2 HD Sound! Sampler disc is mastered with superior skill of mastering engineer and revolutionary "K2 High Definition Coding" technology. K2 HD Mastering enhances the sound spectrum to a bandwidth of 100kHz and 24-bit resolution, while retaining all the charm of the original recording. K2 HD mastered CDs offer extended nuances, dynamics and musicality and are playable on any CD player. This is a very high quality K2 HD album with a certified average block error rate of 10 (industry standard is 220)! In other words, it is technically 22 times better than a regular CD!

The benefits of K2 HD Mastering:
• Ambience of Analogue Sound
• Higher Resolution
• Lower Distortion
• Richer Sound Field
• Master-Tape Quality Sound
• Delivers what musicians originally intended!

Features:
• K2 HD Mastering
• 100kHz / 24-bit
• Beautifully packaged


  1. Symphonic Dances - No. 1 Non Allegro
Excerpt from "Rachmaninoff" Reference Recordings HDCD (RR-96CD)
 2. Zapateado
Excerpt from "Flamenco" LIM K2 HD Mastering CD (LIMHD022)
 3. Left Alone
From "Jiang Jianhua"
 4. War Dance - from Belkis, Queen fo Sheba Suite
From "Respighi" Reference Recordings HDCD (RR-95CD)
 5. Touch
From "Touch" by Christopher Hardy JVC XRCD2 (JVCXR1040)
 6. Lift Your Veil
From "A Rose For Me" FIM XRCD24 (FIMSXR074)
 7. Tchaikovsky / Swan Lake / Duo
From "Swan Lake" LIM K2 HD Mastering CD (LIMHD024)
 8. Heart Of Glass
From "Memory Lane" by Nah Youn Sun
 9. Blue Dream
From "A Tale of Foreign Lands"
 10. Star Dust
From "The Hot Club Of San Francisco" Reference Recordings HDCD (RR-109CD)
 11. Vivaldi / The Four Seasons / Spring
From "The Four Seasons"FIM SACD (FIMSA052)
 12. Wei Li / Amazing Grace
From "Redcliff Capriccio" FIM K2 HD Mastering CD (FIMHD076)
 13. Esther / Kinderpiele
From "Esther" FIM XRCD2 (FIMXR001)
 14. Habanera Fantasia From Carmen
From "Grooving Classics" FIM XRCD24(FIMSXR044)
 15. Tsuyoshi Yamamoto / Autumn in Seattle
From "Autumn In Seattle" FIM XRCD2 (FIMXR043)
 16. Pachelbel / Canon in D
From "Percussion Fantasia" FIM Gold CD (FIMCD017)

Product Reviews:
"I only have one word to describe it, and that is WOW! ...the high frequency detail and the decay are much better. Also, soundstage placement seems more firm and delineated. The warmth and the life of analog and live recording are also more pleasant. However, what I did not expect was the quality of the bass has also improved! You did a fabulous job, Winston. On behalf of all music lovers around the world, I thank you." - Gary Leonard Koh, President, Genesis Loudspeakers and Genesis Advanced Technologies

"The soundstage and panning acoustics are amazing with this disc and personally very much impressed as ultimate realism of the music instruments. Excellent female vocals have also spread into good position of total album." - Matsubara Koki, General manager, Marantz Group & Snell Group

"...I was very surprised. The sound of K2 HD was like the master tape. ...amazing sound." - Satoru Murayama, President, Oyaide Elec, Inc., Japan

"...the K2 HD is wonderful. I have been upsampling my CDs to 24/48 and 24/96 before D/A conversion for improved playback. The K2 HD gives the same sonic improvements as high quality upsampling - lowered noise floor, extended frequency response and a more accurate soundstage. If all my CDs were K2 HD, I would never have to upsampling again." - Chris Hoff, President, Balanced Power technologies

"...The new format simply must be heard to be believed. When I first heard that there was a new recording format that was better than everything else. My (typical) reaction was, great, just what the audio world needs - a new format! Then, during my visit to Mr. Ma's, I heard it, and perhaps more importantly, learned that it works on any CD player. No battling between SACD, DVD-A, HDCD, etc., just put it in and hit play. The music that then emanates from the system sounds like a great turntable, only without the noise and the significantly greater dynamic range. There is so much more low level detail than I'm used to hearing that, again, it requires a recalibration of my references." - Brian Warford, President, LSA Group

"In my experience, the difference between K2 HD and regular CDs are much greater than between SACD and regular CD. I can easily hear the improvements in my car, for example. And did I mention that is works on any CD player?" - Brian Warford, President, LSA Group

"We hear a lot in our industry about rooms that disappear until now, I'd never heard one that actually does. The scale of the presentation was completely lifelike, from small solo instruments presented with the proper sense of size and placement, to large scale symphonic and choral works that were able to impose themselves on the space, again, effectively removing the room from the listening experience. The art, in this case, is recorded music... Kudos is due to Mr. Ma for achieving a reference level environment, recorded sound and music whose performances go well beyond my attempts to describe them." - Brian Warford, President, LSA Group

"...Within the first seconds, I realized how big the difference is: This is music like in reality! ...To me, K2 HD Is not like going from XRCD to XRCD2 or XRCD24; it is a different story! ...The new format sounds analog in a positive way with total absence of the usual shortcomings of digital playback... It has taken 25 years and a lot of passion and consistency of people like you and the engineers at JVC to achieve the new technology right ...I can hardly express how much I appreciate all that you do for us music lovers." - Johannes Rickert, a discerning audiophile from Germany.

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