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What is Crystal Disc CD?

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Crystal disc, a revolutionary Compact Disc using glass substrate, this new technology allows sound reproduction at a level previously unknown and is as close to the master sound source as cutting edge technology allows. For this purpose, Crystal Disc is fabricated by our Laser Disc technology cultivated over many years with using the best selected materials.


■ The use of glass substrate instead of conventional polycarbonate substrate. As the reflective layer, gold is adopted in exchange for conventional aluminium.


■ For pit transcription, Photo Polymerization process(2P process) using a metal stamper is adopted. This process makes pit transcription highly precise compared with the conventional injection molding process. The technology of 2P process was cultivated by our production of test discs for calibrating industrial optical pick up heads.


■ Surface flatness of glass substrate is much superior to the conventional CD. Glass substrate is hardly influenced by the variation of temperature and humidity. Furthermore, the absence of birefringence coming from the optical uniformity of glass substrate realised signal with extremely low noise and low jitter.


The Benefits of Crystal Disc CD:


  • Ambience of High-Fidelity Sound
  • Higher Resolution
  • Undistorted Dynamics
  • The Lowest Noise Floor, allowing even the quietest musical information to be heard more clearly
  • Richer Sound Field
  • Master-Tape Quality Sound
  • Delivers what musicians originally intended


Crystal Disc CD, manufactured by the largest CD factory in Japan - Memory Tech Corporation, is a revolutionary Compact Disc using glass substrate instead of polycarbonate.


This newly developed technology allows sound reproduction at a level previously unknown and is as close to the master sound source as cutting-edge technology allows. For this purpose, Crystal Disc is fabricated by our Laser Disc technology cultivated over many years using the best-selected materials.


Memory-Tech calls the discs “Crystal Disc” and so far, seven titles are available in Japan with more on the way. Deutsche Grammophon has released its 1963 recording of von Karajan conducting Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and has plans to release two other titles. EMI’s entry is a recording of the Japanese violinist Mariko Senjyu. JVC will soon offer three titles by Japanese classical artists. All the titles are mastered with JVC’s K2HD process.

Ultimate Sound Experience - Music On Crystal Disc CD - Made In Japan


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