SuperDiscs The Golden era to SuperDiscs or Audiophile vinyl started in the mid 70's. Lot of firms took place in the race, manufacturing everything from direct cutting to HSM(half speed mater) Superdiscs. The presentation is mostly about the technical part of the issue, and the firms who were present from the start. Recording theories and techniques, definitions, illustrations, and explanations on the subject are found on most of the pages. Manufacturers of SuperDiscs: Crystal Clear Direct Cutting - Philips, Direct-to-Disc Direct Disk Gale JVC M&K - Miller&Kreisel Realtime Records, Direct-to-Disc Merlin - Merlin Fidelity + Nautilus - Direct-to-Disc, Digital, Half Speed Master, dbx OMR - Original Master Recording, Half Speed Master RCA - Mastering Lab Series Sheffield Lab Toshiba/EMI - Direct-to-Disk TBM - Three Blind Mice Umbrella   Supplementary info in later updates. Last modified: 20-Aug-2002