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The five tracks are “Danse Macabre” by Camille Saint-Saens, “Zigeunerweisen” by Pablo de Sarasate, “Nigun” by Bloch, “Introduction & Tarantella” by Pablo de Sarasate, and “Meditation” by Jules Massenet, all composed in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. The sound is just marvelous. They used a special bow for the violin, and I have to […]

Edward Pong Edward Pong is the owner of UltraAnalogue Recordings. Those in the high-end reel-to-reel community will need no introduction to Ed; his stellar RTR recordings are magnificent, and really embody the sorts of audio virtues that audiophiles can appreciate all day long. As a very long-time RTR lover myself, I asked Ed to write […]

Check out our newest digital download, Beethoven Moonlight Sonata, Debussy Rhapsody for Clarinet and Weber Concertino for Clarinet.

Finally I had a chance to visit Roger today who calibrated my machine. I also collected the tape that I just finished to listened to on cold equipment ( I couldn’t wait ).If I had to describe the sound and quality of the recording it would be ” heavenly amazing “I didn’t realize violin can […]

The first thing that strikes me about this tape is the intro piano work. It lets me hear just the piano and the room which being the two things that seldom change in these tapes helps me get my bearings… but this time it sounds so different. I almost didn’t recognize the piano and even […]

UltraAnalogue Recordings received the Positive Feedback Writers’ Choice Award 2020, from Myles Astor for the tape: Positive Feedback wrote: Classical, 15 ips, reel-to-reel tape: Chopin: Introduction & Polonaise brilliante, Op. 3; Chopin: Etude in C-sharpe minor (with 2 different bows); Paganini: Variations on Theme from Moses in Egypt, Narek Hakhnazaryan (cello) and Noreen Polera (piano), UltraAnalogue Recordings, NAB […]

As promised a re-visit of these two tapes on my hi-end reference system. I thought I was going to listen to a classical tape… you know, the music. In this case, Beethoven. What happened is I found myself visualizing the room, especially the piano as it clearly sets about 10 feet away from me. I […]

Discovering the amazing Alena Baeva with UltraAnalogue Recordings…

Ed, Listened again last night. This time relaxing with my wife, a glass of wine and the lights out. Overall, the experience was even better the second time.  I find that listening in the dark sharpens the senses and allows a clearer focus on the music. Although I am in no way an expert in […]

Ed Pong (UltraAnalogue) decided to expand his recorded repertoire with two of the big five with a piano accompanist playing the orchestral part. Ed has been able to get some really top notch violinists (and other musicians) to play in his home concert venue with excellent results. The two concerti, the Tchaikovsky is played by […]

Mar 25, 2020 My tape also arrived today and Steve has hit the nail on the head. The del Gesu is a wonderful, big sounding instrument. I understand that Alena has it on loan from an anonymous patron. I have a bunch of the top analogue era Mendelssohn concerti and this one is very special. […]

My latest discovery, which I appreciate, is UltraAnalogue Recordings. These recordings cannot be called typical audiophile digestion, but they are real gems, capturing very different and emotional performances, recorded at the right time, in the right place, and with the right know-how. “Danse Macabre” Narita, Lee Tatsuki Narita comes with a sheer degree of the […]

We have just released 8 new digital downloads featuring star cellist Narek Hakhnazaryan and pianists Benjamin Smith and Noreen Polera. Additionally, we have added a new digital download sample of the Shostakovich Cello Sonata:

Downloaded the Narita recording last weekend. Superb sonics and performance. Virtually quiet–no tape hiss or background noise. Great dynamics too. I’ll be a buyer for more when Ed releases them. Ken Swanson

Talk about delicacies. I like the warmth and exponential musical feeling of Tatsuki Narita and Yun-Yang Lee from the album Ravel Violin Sonatas No.1&2. This piece was originally recorded on a 2 track 15 ips tape. The DSF files were transferred directly from the digital recorder with only the metadata added. This particular recording is […]

I’ve been listening to both Alena and Vadym on one of Ed’s 15 IPS tapes and it’s head-shaking on more than a few levels.  The sound quality is reference grade that most have never heard. You have to understand something about UltraAnalogue Recordings… there are no studios with an audiophile signal path like this. In […]

Here are a couple things Steven Deckart had to say about Ultra Analogue Recordings’ Digital Downloads A) It’s not a simple file you can click on to hear a sample of the sound quality, but instead you get to add it to the cart, fill out your name and address and then download.  Normally this […]

These will be offered in 2 formats: DSD128 and 24/192kHz FLAC. They will be 2xDSD recordings of the analogue master tapes. The PCM FLAC files will be derived from these 2xDSD recordings.

Downloaded the Narita recording last weekend. Superb sonics and performance. Virtually quiet–no tape hiss or background noise. Great dynamics too. I’ll be a buyer for more when Ed releases them. KSwansen

The last several tapes produced by Ed Pong and Ultraanalogue Recordings have just gotten better by quantum leaps. I have always liked Classical music but never in an authoritative fashion. Little by little Ed Pong has gotten to me with the release of his tapes. IMO the last two tapes were probably the best produced […]