Traditional vinyl mastering is a complicated process. The stamper that presses the records is acutally a copy of a copy of a copy.  The lacquer first produces a father disc, which then produces a mother disc, which then makes the stamper.  It’s easy to see why audio is lost during multiple copying. HD Vinyl stampers are cut by laser into a ceramic stamper which presses the records directly - no copying needed!

As  a first step, we convert a high-resolution audio file into a topographic 3D map.  Because we know the exact width of the amplitude at any time,  we can virtually remove unnecessary gaps between the grooves. 

We  can also correct the tangential/radial error caused by the fact that the lacquer is traditionally cut at a tangential angle, but most turntables read in a  radial angle. This results in a constant tilt of the needle. 

This groove optimization results in 30% more playing time.  Or, we can use the additional space to create a completely augmented listening experience by increasing the amplitude.  The result is that HD Vinyl has far better dynamics and much better S/N ratios.

We use ceramic materials for the stamper.  This ensures that there’s no quality difference between the first and last copy produced.  

In the traditional vinyl pressing process, a nickel stamper has to be replaced after a maximum of 1,000 copies because of wear.  Even worse, there’s a huge quality difference between copies no. 1 and 1,000.  That’s one of the reasons why vinyl collectors pay more for earlier copies.  

With HD Vinyl there’s no such quality difference: the first and the last copy have the absolut same high quality.