Head-Fi And HDtracks
Open Your Ears
(The Ultimate Test Disc for Headphones)
Жанр: Miscellaneous - Jazz, Classical, Vocal
Год выпуска: 2010
Лэйбл: Head-Fi
Аудио кодек: FLAC 2.0 24bit 96kHz
Тип рипа: tracks
Welcome to the Head-Fi Ultimate Test Disc for Headphones!
We have created this special download of great sounding recordings that were recorded by some of the best engineers in the business so you can test and hear how good your headphones really are. Tests include:
1. Midrange tonality - Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of (4:41)
2. Low-Level Resolution - Money (6:58)
3. Transparency - Get Behind The Mule (5:11)
4. Visceral Impact - Sare Tete Wa (6:08)
5. Out-Of-Head Imaging - Gadamaylin (4:07)
6. Center Focus - Texas Ranger (4:18)
7. Palpable Detail and Texture - Concerto for Basoon and Orchestra, Movement 3 (5:14)
8. Rhythm - Hajji Baba (4:48)
9. Spatial Depth - Percussion Imaging Test (7:36)
10. Depth - Tumbao De Tamborito (6:39)
11. Bass Extension - Heartbeat (1:09)
12. Bass - Everything is Broken (5:29) www.hdtracks.com
..If you want to know how good your headphones can sound, listen to great sounding recordings. Each track on this sampler was selected to demonstrate specific audio qualities like transparency, dynamic range, imaging, etc...Тестовый сборник Бинаурального звука для наушников, составленный из аудиофильского контента фирмы братьев Chesky..
Open Your Ears (англ) :
..When David Chesky reached out with his idea to work with Head-Fi.org on a sampler album with tracks specifically hand-picked to help wring out and test headphone audio systems, I smiled from one headphone-covered ear to the other. Yes! was my obvious answer.
We talked about it on the phone, over e-mail, and finally had a meeting in Las Vegas during CES 2010, and the project was a go. What resulted was The Head-Fi / HDtracks Open Your Ears Sampler.
I'm a long-time fan of Mr. Chesky and his label. If you're a music-loving audiophile, then you know the names David Chesky, Chesky Records, and HDtracks.com. David is a wonderful composer and musician in his own right, and his works have been a beloved part of my music collection. Through his Chesky Records label, David also brings us the works of others like McCoy Tyner, Monty Alexander, Bucky Pizzarelli, John Pizzarelli, Peggy Lee, John Hammond, Paquito D'Rivera, Badi Assad, Rebecca Pidgeon, and so many more.
Each and every track assembled for this, The Head-Fi/HDtracks Open Your Ears Sampler, was carefully selected by David and additionally reviewed by Steve Guttenberg (author of The Audiophiliac high-end audio blog at CNET) and myself. If you have a 24-bit/96kHz-capable system, this album is also available in a 24/96 FLAC version, which shouldn't be surprising considering Chesky Records was one of the early producers and purveyors of high-res music, and Chesky's HDtracks.com is now leading the downloadable high-res charge.
Included on The Head-Fi/HDtracks Open Your Ears Sampler are tracks for testing:
Midrange tonality
Low-Level Resolution
Transparency
Visceral Impact
Out-Of-Head Imaging
Center Focus
Palpable Detail and Texture
Rhythm
Spatial Depth
Depth
Bass Extension
Bass
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See the Liner Notes pdf included in download for more information!