A quite unique CD.
Gymnastics for your ears
Exercise your hearing
Supercharge your system
From Hi-Fi News, April 2004, Ken Kessler: ‘.... it joins .... that rarefied strata of the species....’ ‘....devilishly clever....’ ‘....coerces you into listening properly....’ Read more about the idea and the technique behind this CD.
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Content:
Introduction
Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K218, 4th movement (excerpt) Dimitry Sitkovetsky (violin), English Chamber Orchestra (from Novalis 150.710-2)
As track 2, mildly bass-cut filtered
As track 2, heavily bass-cut filtered
As track 2, very heavily bass-cut filtered
Sullivan: The Lost Chord (words A.A. Proctor), Richard Lloyd Morgan (baritone), Richard Black (piano)
As track 6, mildly bass-cut filtered
As track 6, heavily bass-cut filtered
As track 6, very heavily bass-cut filtered
Introduction
Loudspeaker imaging test 1
Introduction
Loudspeaker imaging test 2 (fine resolution)
Introduction
Loudspeaker imaging test 3 (modified Blumlein)
Introduction
Headphone imaging test 1
Introduction
Headphone imaging test 2
Introduction
Headphone imaging test 3 (fine resolution)
Conclusion on imaging
Introduction
Loudspeaker shakedown - level setting
Loudspeaker shakedown
Introduction
CD-player burn-in 1
Introduction
CD-player burn-in 2
Introduction
General system burn in
Introduction
Noisy sweep 20Hz-20480 (kHz)
Pure tone sweep 20Hz-20480 (kHz)
Introduction
440Hz (concert A)
Introduction
Demagnetisation tones
Conclusion
Josë Antionio Guzman: Amrosio (end of Act 2), Jorge Laguns, Lourdes Lopez, Gabriella Herrera, Ruth Ramirez, Noé Colin Arvizu, Chamer Orchestra "La Camerata" and Chorus, conducted by Eduardo Garcia (from Sonora SACD10)
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Minguillo (words Lockhart). Moira Harris (soprano), Richard Black (from Musaeus MZCD101)
Ronald StevensonL Shadow March (words R.L. Stevenson), Moira Harris, Wills Morgan (tenor), Richard Black (from Musaeus MZCD100)
Alan Bush: The Long Noonday (words Nancy Bush), Phillida Bannister (contralto), Richard Black (from Musaeus MZCD102)
