But the APE kept playing. Except now, the Queen wasn’t singing in German. She was reciting, in perfect Latin, a curse from the 1711 Lisbon earthquake—a piece of sonic liturgy erased from every other pressing. The engineer had captured it from a long-wave broadcast that never should have existed.

Warning: Be wary of "transcodes." Many users convert lossy MP3s into APE to fake quality. Always check the spectrogram. A true APE rip of a DG CD will show frequencies up to 22.05 kHz (Nyquist limit). If it cuts off at 16 kHz, it is a fake.

To understand why this collection is worth the bandwidth, look at the bookends:

Deutsche Grammophon 111 Years of Excellence box set is a monumental tribute to the world’s oldest active record label. Released to celebrate DG’s 111th anniversary, this collection is often found in digital libraries in high-fidelity

While smaller than FLAC, APE is an efficient way to store 101 CDs without losing audio data.

Deutsche Grammophon Collection -101 Cd Box Set Ape- Jun 2026

But the APE kept playing. Except now, the Queen wasn’t singing in German. She was reciting, in perfect Latin, a curse from the 1711 Lisbon earthquake—a piece of sonic liturgy erased from every other pressing. The engineer had captured it from a long-wave broadcast that never should have existed.

Warning: Be wary of "transcodes." Many users convert lossy MP3s into APE to fake quality. Always check the spectrogram. A true APE rip of a DG CD will show frequencies up to 22.05 kHz (Nyquist limit). If it cuts off at 16 kHz, it is a fake.

To understand why this collection is worth the bandwidth, look at the bookends:

Deutsche Grammophon 111 Years of Excellence box set is a monumental tribute to the world’s oldest active record label. Released to celebrate DG’s 111th anniversary, this collection is often found in digital libraries in high-fidelity

While smaller than FLAC, APE is an efficient way to store 101 CDs without losing audio data.

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