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The Audiophile's Guide: The Stereo

The Audiophile's Guide: The Stereo

The ultimate audiophile reference setup music disc and book.
A perfect companion for Paul McGowan's book, The Audiophile's Guide: The Stereo, unlocking the secrets to great sound. On the disc and vinyl you'll find channel and polarity checks, depth adjustment tracks, center imaging perfection, soundstaging, tuning the bottom end, a burn-in track, and adjusting for small, medium and large groups of musicians. From subtle to fireworks, it's all here in the one remarkable Audiophile Master. Couple this disc with Paul's book (see below) and together you'll upgrade your system to new sonic heights you never thought possible.

Recorded in Pure DSD on the Sonoma system, this will be your ultimate reference disc. Comes complete with a 40-page booklet, SACD playable on any CD or DVD player, and a data disc with all the master files.

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Whether you are a beginning or an advanced audiophile, once you follow the setup steps in The Audiophile’s Guide: The Stereo, you too will be able to get closer to the sound of live music on the right recordings. Even if you’re blessed with golden ears,
the difference between live and recorded music starts to vanish when you are listening on a system that has been properly set up. Between this reference disc and Paul's book, you can make magic with only a few hours
of tweaking invested on a Saturday afternoon. The specially designed burn-in track can be used every time you get a new piece of equipment.
And the last three tracks on the Reference Music Disc are alone worth the price of the disc. Whether you want to challenge your system, make certain it's working properly, spend a few hours tweaking it to perfection, The Audiophile's Guide: The Stereo is a must-have
component.This is one direct-to-master recording you don't want to miss out on. Each music track is a sonic treasure available as a direct-to-master exclusively from Octave Records.

01 - Left channel identification
02 - Right channel identification
03 - Center phantom channel identification
04 - Phase polarity check
05 - Phase check in-phase
06 - Phase check out-of-phase
07 - Room bass response
08 - Purity test - excerpt from Don Grusin's The Last Train
09 - Center channel adjustment What I Am
10 - Center channel and soundstage width What I Am
11 - Depth check 3 Dualities
12 - Depth check 6 Dualities
13 - Depth check 9 Dualities
14 - Small ensemble with voice Ain t No Going Back Home
15 - Simple detailed music - acoustic guitar improvisation
16 - Medium-sized group Old Grimes
17 - Synth composition Slow Moving Ferns
18 - Full ensemble Unsatisfied
19 - Drum solo Transmogrification
20 - The Burn-In Track

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