VA – Audiophile Speaker Set-Up (2018) [HDTracks DSF DSD128/5.64MHz + FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]

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 e 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.

Tracklist:
01 – Audiophile Speakers Test Presentation
02 – The Pink Panther
03 – Everybody Loves Somebody
04 – Story
05 – Very Early
06 – Good Morning Heartache
07 – Jazz Session
08 – Greek Tycoon: Bouzouki Music
09 – Cello Suite (excerpt)
10 – String Quartet in G Minor (excerpt)
11 – Concert Piano
12 – J’entend la chanson des filles
13 – Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046 (excerpt)
14 – Trumpet Solo
15 – Lieder Recital
16 – Harp
17 – Cello Sonata, Op. 25, No. 3 (excerpt)
18 – Guitar
19 – Bassoon: Bassoon 1
20 – Bassoon: Bassoon 2
21 – Violin
22 – Duduk
23 – Bawu
24 – Trumpet
25 – Flugelhorn
26 – Violin Concerto (excerpt)
27 – Romeo and Juliet Suite No. 1, Op. 64bis: Dance of the Knights
28 – Orchestra Excerpt
29 – Pictures at an Exhibition (arr. for orchestra): Pictures at an Exibition (excerpt)
30 – Le sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) (excerpt)
31 – Organ Music
32 – Extreme Dynamics
33 – Extreme Dynamics: Percussion 1
34 – Extreme Dynamics: World Music 1
35 – Extreme Dynamics: World Music 2
36 – Extreme Dynamics: Percussion 2
37 – Extreme Dynamics: Percussion 3
38 – Extreme Dynamics: Percussion 4
39 – Extreme Dynamics: Percussion 5
40 – Extreme Dynamics: Percussion 6
41 – Extreme Dynamics: Percussion 7
42 – Instructions for Speaker Placement: STEP 1. BASS
43 – Instructions for Speaker Placement: Djembe: extreme bass
44 – Instructions for Speaker Placement: Octobass: 28Hz, 56Hz
45 – Instructions for Speaker Placement: Octobass: 42Hz, 84Hz
46 – Instructions for Speaker Placement: Octobass: 28Hz to 224Hz
47 – Instructions for Speaker Placement: Octobass: 36Hz, 56Hz,112Hz, 224Hz
48 – Instructions for Speaker Placement: STEP 2. Toe-in
49 – Instructions for Speaker Placement: STEP 3. Levelling
50 – Instructions for Speaker Placement: Angle
51 – Instructions for Speaker Placement: STEP 4. Subwoofer Placement and Phasing
52 – Instructions for Speaker Placement: Crossover Setting
53 – Instructions for Speaker Placement: Subwoofer Second Option
54 – Instructions for Speaker Placement: STEP 5. Corner Treatment and Imaging
55 – Instructions for Speaker Placement: Corner Absorber
56 – Instructions for Speaker Placement: Room Challenges
57 – Precise Location and Depth of Field
58 – Precise Location and Depth of Field: Center, 8 ft.
59 – Precise Location and Depth of Field: Mid left, 11 ft.
60 – Precise Location and Depth of Field: Left, 18 ft.
61 – Precise Location and Depth of Field: Mid right, 11 ft.
62 – Precise Location and Depth of Field: Right, 18 ft.
63 – Precise Location and Depth of Field: Left, 30 ft.
64 – Precise Location and Depth of Field: Mid left, 28 ft.
65 – Precise Location and Depth of Field: Center, 28 ft.
66 – Precise Location and Depth of Field: Mid right, 28 ft.
67 – Precise Location and Depth of Field: Right, 30 ft.
68 – Precise Location and Depth of Field: Octobass recording
69 – Precise Location and Depth of Field: 2xHD Audiophile High res system test album