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

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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