The Album
Audiophile Masters Volume I
Audiophile Masters Volume I
The Artist
Various Artists
A stunning new collection of great music and breathtaking recordings direct from the DSD masters. Ten of the best recordings we have ever made. From the beautiful piano stylings of Don Grusin, to the rich and fiery guitar work of Kyle Donovan and Taylor Sims. If you love great, well recorded music, then this is the album for you.
Volume One of Octave Records Audiophile Masters contains ten of the best recordings we have ever made. From the beautiful piano stylings of Don Grusin, the rich and fiery guitar work of Kyle Donovan and Taylor Sims, the soul-searching beauty of Cellist Josh Halpern's bowing, to the ethereal beauty of Saffron from The Color of Music, this collection of original DSD recordings is a hand-curated sonic delight.
Volume One of the Audiophile Masters has something for every music lover that wants to stretch the sonic limits of their system. Recorded exclusively on the multitrack Sonoma DSD and mastered by Gus Skinas, each of these musical gems will become essential listening material.
This is one limited edition release you do not want to miss out on.
Volume One of the Audiophile Masters has something for every music lover that wants to stretch the sonic limits of their system. Recorded exclusively on the multitrack Sonoma DSD and mastered by Gus Skinas, each of these musical gems will become essential listening material.
This is one limited edition release you do not want to miss out on.
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The Music
| 01 - Bill Kopper- guitar Bill McCrossen- bass Raoul Rossiter - Modern Art | |
| 02 - Taylor Sims- guitar Taylor Sims- guitar - The Hitchhiker | |
| 03 - Don Grusin - Willow Dance | |
| 04 - Gabriel Mervine- trumpet Tom Amend- piano Seth Lewis- bas - Feels | |
| 05 - Kimba Arem- bull roarer Jesse Manno- doumbek overtone sin - Saffron | |
| 06 - Jessica Nilles Kressin- piano Ekaterina Kotcherguin- voice - Sechs Lieder Op. 23 no. 1 - Was weinst du Blumlein | |
| 07 - Bill Kopper- guitars Carl Dixon- percussion - Terra de Milagros | |
| 08 - Clandestine Amigo - Jessica Carson- piano voice Giselle C - Flying Blind | |
| 09 - Carl Dixon- percussion - Tambores de Natureza | |
| 10 - Yumi Hwang-Williams- violin Magee Capsouto- violin Lauren - Milanese Quartet No. 6 in B flat major KV 159 2nd movement |
Recording
All but two of the tracks on Volume One of Audiophile Masters were recorded at Animal Lane Studios in Lyons Colorado. Don Grusin's Willow Dance was recorded live in Moose Studios, while Saffron, from The Color of Sound, was captured in Boulder's Immersive Studios in pure DSD. Equipment used to record are a myriad of some of the world's finest electronics including, Manley Vacuum Tube microphone preamplifiers as well as preamplifiers from Michael and Eben Grace and Fred Forssell's pure class A all FETs. All microphone feeds are sent directly into their preamplifiers and then straight into the Sonoma multitrack DSD recorder via Meitner ADCs. No mixing boards or intermediate stages are employed in the recording process, getting as close to a DSD version of the classic Direct-to-Disc technology of the 70s and 80s. Mixes were all performed on pure analog consoles including Euphonix, Trident, and Studer. A/D conversion is handled exclusively on classic hand-crafted Meitners, and D/A conversions is processed by a combination of Meitner and PS Audio DirectStream DACs. Microphones included Royer 122, Sound Deluxe iFET 7, Sennheiser 421, Tim de Paravicini modified stereo AKG C24 vacuum tube microphone (on loan from Dan Schwartz), vintage RCA 44BX ribbon, Neumann M49, and U47 condensers, and DPA 4009 among others. Captured in pure DSD on the Sonoma Recording System.
Download the recording booklet
Download the recording booklet
Album Features
- One pressing Austrian gold pressed dual-layer SACD
- Pure DSD + PROMastered CD layers
- DVD data disc containing DSD64, DSDDirect Mastered 192kHz 24 bit, 96kHz 24 bit, 44.1kHz 16 bit PCM
- Pure DSD mastered by Gus Skinas on the Sonoma mastering system
- DSD64, DSDDirect Mastered 192kHz 24 bit, 96kHz 24 bit, 44.1kHz 16 bit PCM download
- No compression in the mastering process
- CD layer of SACD playable on any CD player
- Mastering monitored through the PS Audio DirectStream DAC
- All tracks hand-curated on the Infinity IRSV in PS Audio's Music Room Two
- Limited edition one-pressing physical media
Record Reviews
The guitar work on track 2 The Hitchhiker really shines on my system
I just received my copy of the Audiophile Masters Compilation CD the other day. Good variety of music to test the system. Great recording quality IMO. The guitar work on track 2 The Hitchhiker really shines on my system as does track 9 Tambores de Natureza! Overall I’m pleased with release.
