Performer: Various
Genre: Jazz / Non Music / Classical
Album: Best Of Chesky Classics & Jazz And Audiophile Test Disc Volume 3
Released: 1994
MP3 version ZIP size: 1338 mb
FLAC version RAR size: 1441 mb
WMA version ZIP size: 1915 mb
Rating: 4.6
Votes: 911
Other Formats: MP4 DMF MP3 XM FLAC WAV ASF

Tracklist Hide Credits

PART ONE: THE MUSIC
1	–Ana Caram	Africando Written-By – Lula Barbosa, Wismar Rabello	3:44
2	–Livingston Taylor	Out Of This World Written-By – Livingston Taylor, Maggie Taylor	2:41
3	–Leny Andrade	Wave Written-By – Antonio Carlos Jobim	5:51
4	–The Connecticut Early Music Festival Ensemble	Winter : Allegro Non Molto (The Four Seasons) Harpsichord, Conductor [Director] – Igor KipnisWritten-By – Antonio Vivaldi	3:27
5	–Rebecca Pidgeon	Grandmother Written-By – Rebecca Pidgeon	6:26
6	–Orquesta Nova	Battery Park Written-By – Carlos Franzetti	5:09
7	–Laverne Butler*	I Cover The Waterfront Written-By – Ed Hayman*, John Green*	6:07
8	–Sara K.	Horse I Used To Ride Written-By – Sara K.	4:26
9	–The Fred Hersch Trio	Con Alma Written-By – Dizzy Gillespie	5:57
10	–Badi Assad	Num Pagode Em Planaltina Written-By – Marco Pereira	4:41
11	–Westminster Choir	Ave Verum Corpus Conductor – Joseph FlummerfeltWritten-By – Mozart*	3:38
PART TWO: AUDIO DEMONSTRATIONS AND TECHNICAL TESTS
12 - 23 A GUIDED TOUR THROUGH THE AUDIOPHILE WORLD
12	–John Henry	Announcement/Artificial Stereo Demonstration	1:26
13 - 20 Microphone Technique
13	–No Artist	Mono Mike	0:34
14	–No Artist	Artificial Stereo	0:34
15	–No Artist	XY Cardioid Technique	0:34
16	–No Artist	XY And Added Ambience	0:34
17	–No Artist	XY With Increased Ambience	0:34
18	–No Artist	Crossed Figure 8's	0:34
19	–No Artist	Spaced Pair Of Omnis	0:34
20	–No Artist	Three Spaced Omnis	0:34
21 - 23 Instrument Placement
21	–John Henry	Announcement	0:15
22	–No Artist	Piano Against The Wall Of The Studio	0:18
23	–No Artist	Piano In The Middle Of The Studio	0:18
24 - 27 Natural Vs. Artificial Space
24	–John Henry	Announcement	0:24
25	–No Artist	Drum Set Recorded In A Dry Studio	0:44
26	–No Artist	Drum Set In A Live Studio	0:36
27	–No Artist	Drum Set With Artificial Reverberation	0:45
28 - 29 Natural Vs. Artificial Imaging
28	–No Artist	Natural Stereo Imaging	1:44
29	–No Artist	Artificial Stereo Imaging	1:28
30 - 32 Natural Vs. Compressed Dynamics
30	–John Henry	Introduction To Compressors	0:58
31	–No Artist	Jazz Group With Compression	0:13
32	–No Artist	Jazz Group Without Compression	0:15
33	–No Artist	New 20-bit High-Resolution Technology	2:04
34 - 45 TECHNICAL TESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS
34 - 35 Dirty Vs. Clean Power
34	–No Artist	Violin Recorded With "Dirty" Power	0:24
35	–No Artist	Violin Recorded With "Clean" Power	0:24
36 - 37 Digital Vs. Analog Tape
36	–No Artist	20-bit, All Digital Recording	0:44
37	–No Artist	20-bit Recording Made From Analog Tape	0:44
38	–No Artist	Equipment And Cable Burn-In Signal	1:07
39	–No Artist	Volume Level Warning	0:09
40 - 41 16 Bit Vs. 20 Bit A/D
40	–No Artist	Music At -30dB Into 16 Bit System	0:45
41	–No Artist	Music At -30dB Into 20 Bit With High Resolution Dither	0:41
42 - 44 Fade To Noise (Low Level Resolution) Tests
42	–No Artist	Fade To Noise, No Dither	0:19
43	–No Artist	Fade To Noise, Flat Dither	0:30
44	–No Artist	Fade To Noise, High Resolution Dither	0:30
45	–No Artist	Volume Level Warning	0:06

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Chesky Records
• Distributed By – Chesky Records
• Copyright (c) – Chesky Records
• Pressed By – DADC AUSTRIA
• Edited At – Digital Domain, NYC
• Mastered At – Digital Domain, NYC

Credits

• A&R – Steve Kaiser
• Cover [Illustration] – Ross Hudson
• Edited By [Performances] – A.T. Michael MacDonald, Jeremy Kipnis, Miguel Kertsman
• Edited By, Mastered By, Liner Notes, Script By [Demonstration Script] – Bob Katz
• Engineer [Assistant] – David Windmuller, Jeremy Kipnis, Peter Cho, Suzanne Hollander
• Engineer [Mastersound] – David Merrill
• Executive Producer – Norman Chesky
• Producer – David Chesky
• Producer [Assistant] – Steve Guttenberg
• Producer [Audio Demonstrations] – Bob Katz, Steve Guttenberg
• Product Manager [Project] – Roy Spangenthal
• Recorded By – Bob Katz (tracks: 1 to 3, 5 to 45), Jeremy Kipnis (tracks: 4)

Notes

Recorded using the 128x oversampling A to D Mark III and Mark IV converters with ultra analog modules and vacuum tube equipment built by George Kaye. Track 9 is recorded using new 20-bit high-resolution technology.

Issued with an 24-page booklet, in English and German.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 90368 01112 1
• Matrix / Runout: [DADC Austria logo] JD111 24
• Matrix / Runout (into the matrix ring): C1
• Mould SID Code: IFPI 94G6
• SPARS Code: DDD