The analog vinyl records of the "Masterpiece Collection",
have been reissued by re-mastering the original master tapes,
exclusive for the vinyl records.

The mastering process employs the newly established the "Esoteric Mastering" system,
including ESOTERIC's top-of-the-line equipment "Master Sound Discrete DAC"
and "Master Sound Discrete Clock". In addition, the MEXCEL cables
sparingly employed to achieve flawless high quality sound as the master data.

Analog cutting process has been performed at MIXER'S LAB in Tokyo
employing the Neumann VMS80 cutting lath, a famous machine
manufactured in West Germany in the golden era of the analog audio,
and only two units are survived in Japan.

The "Esoteric Mastering" equipment is also employed to send out master data
for analog cutting machine. Collaborating with the MIXER'S LAB, we brought
the "Esoteric Mastering" equipment into their cutting room and connected
the output directly to the Neumann SP79C cutting console.
The "Esoteric Mastering" sound is sent directly to the cutting process
bypassing the equalizer section of the console.

The cutting process is performed by Mr. Katsutoshi Kitamura, a cutting engineer
at MIXER'S LAB, and he put his master craftsman skills into the master disc.

VMS80 Cutting Lath

VMS80 and SX74 Cutter Head

SP79C Cutting Console

Today, it is rare to cut a lacquer disc just for audition purposes, only master discs
are cut for record pressing. However, in order to pursue sound quality, ESOTERIC created
a number of lacquer discs with different transmission methods to the console.

Those lacquer discs created were taken back to the Esoteric Mastering Center
to be auditioned and sound quality checked on ESOTERIC's Grandioso T1
analog turntable to determine the best transmission method.

This is how Esoteric created vinyl records extending the information
contained in the original master tape ,with a focus on the analog sound.

Tested lacquer discs and the Grandioso T1 for the sound evaluation