This album is a must for all.
This album was created to help the audiophile – as well as the neophyte – find the best placement for installation of their speakers in order to obtain optimum performance within their personal parameters. With over 115 minutes of music, sonic examples and instructions, this companion to the best-selling album 2xHD Audiophile Hi- Res System Test will help you set up your speakers for an ultimate listening experience.
The album includes 13 tracks of spoken instructions for speaker placement and tweaking which are also reproduced in the accompanying 61 page booklet with colorful, helpful illustrations. The other 56 tracks contain music and sonic examples to use for judging the progress of the placement, as well as a good dose of music tracks for listening pleasure.
Features:
- Limited Edition
- 2CD
- Produced by René Laflamme & André Perry
- Text Scripted & Spoken by Yaël Brandeis
- 2xHD Mastering: René Laflamme
- 2xHD Executive Producer: André Perry
- Digipack
- 32-Page Booklet
Selections:
CD 1
1. Album Presentation
2. Jazz ensemble: Pink Panther theme
3. Jazz vocal: 2017 studio recording
4. Blues vocal
5. Jazz trio
6. Digital studio recording
7. Jazz Session
8. Bouzouki music: Greek Tycoon
9. Bach Cello Suite (excerpt)
10. Debussy String Quartet in G Minor
11. Piano live concert Chopin
12. Vocal quartet
13. Baroque ensemble
14. Jazz ensemble (trumpet solo)
15. Lieder Recital live: soprano & piano
16. Harp music, live
17. Sonata for cello solo
18. Guitar
19. Bassoon 1
20. Bassoon 2
21. Violin
22. Duduk
23. Bawu
24. Trumpet
25. Flugelhorn
26. Symphony Orchestra – violin
27. Symphony Orchestra – Prokofiev, Dance of the Knights
28. Symphony Orchestra – Chabrier
29. Symphony Orchestra – Rite of spring (Excerpt), Stravinsky
CD 2
1. Extreme Dynamics
2. Percussion 1
3. Percussion 2
4. Percussion 3
5. Percussion 4
6. Percussion 5
7. Percussion 6
8. Percussion 7
9. Percussion 8
10. Percussion 9
11. Step 1: Speaker Placement: Bass
12. Djembe, extreme bass
13. Octobass; 28 Hz, 56 Hz
14. Octobass; 42 Hz, 84 Hz
15. Octobass; 28 Hz to 224 Hz
16. Octobass; 36 Hz, 56 Hz, 112 Hz, 224 Hz
17. Step 2: the TOE-IN
18. Step 3: Levelling
19. Angle
20. Step 4: Subwoofer placement and phasing
21. Crossover Setting
22. Subwoofer second option
23. Step 5: Corner treatment and imaging
24. Corner absorbers
25. Room challenges
26. Precise location an depth of field
27. Center, 8 ft.
28. Mid-left, 11 ft.
29. Let, 18 ft.
30. Mid-right, 11 ft.
31. Right, 18 ft.
32. Left, 30 ft.
33. Mid-left, 28 ft.
34. Center, 28 ft.
35. Mid-right, 28.
36. Right, 30 ft.
37. Octobass solo
Recording information:
Title: Audiophile Speaker Setup
Artist: Various
Genre: Test
Media: 2x CD Stereo
Label: 2xHD Fusion
Cat#: 2XHDFT-1095
Released: 1.10.2023 in Canada
Original release: by 2xHD Fusion
