The Album
Audiophile Masters Volume IV
Audiophile Masters Volume IV
The Artist
Various Artists
Hand-curated audiophile masters.
Audiophile Masters, Volume IV is available as a stereo SACD/CD and download bundle and features 10 all-new high-performance tracks recorded, mixed, and mastered to be played back on the finest audio equipment in the world. From great jazz, classical, bossa nova, country, and even a few out of the ordinary gems, Audiophile Masters Volume IV is a classic reference disc worth owning. Scroll down this page to find complete samples of each track. Start with auditioning Track One where even on your computer speakers you can get a feel for how great this jazz recording is. And don't miss Deborah Schmit-Lobis', Wapiti, or Bill Kopper's Santa Amaro—All destined to be classics. Our best release yet, Audiophile Masters IV is a wonderfully recorded and performed master recording. This is a limited release so when they're gone....
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The Music
| 01 - Briana Harris Quintet - Midwinter | |
| 02 - Tyler Thompson - Stone Tree | |
| 03 - Deborah Schmit-Lobis - Wapiti | |
| 04 - Michelle Pietrafitta - Thunder | |
| 05 - Magee String Quartet - String Quartet No.1 in E minor Bedrich Smetana | |
| 06 - Bonnie Taylor Sims - Caught Between | |
| 07 - Eric Wiggs - Lickskillet | |
| 08 - Bill Kopper - Santa Amaro | |
| 09 - Alicia Jo Straka - Au Printemps | |
| 10 - Taylor Sims Kyle Donovan - Coming Home |
Recording
The original recordings were captured by Octave Records' engineer Steven Vidaic with assistance from Giselle Collazo at Animal Lane Studios in Lyons, Colorado. All tracks were captured directly from the analog microphone preamps (Grace, Manley, Forssell) into the Meitner A/D converters in pure DSD 64 then into the Sonoma DSD recorder. Monitoring and rough mixing was performed on a Trident analog board. Once tracking was completed the DSD files were transferred to Steven Vidaic’s Locust Room where they were converted back to analog via synchronized 8 channel Meitner and Mytek D/A converters, to then be mixed on a Euphonix C2000 analog console and analog outboard processors. The final two-channel analog master is then converted back to DSD through the Meitner A/D converter before mastering by Octave Record's Gus Skinas.
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 recorded on the Sonoma DSD system
- Mixed in analog on Octave Record's Studer 963 analog console
- DSD64, DSDDirect Mastered 192kHz 24 bit, 96kHz 24 bit, 44.1kHz 16 bit PCM download
- No compression in the mastering or mixing 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
