STEREOPHILE/TEST CD 2

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STEREOPHILE/TEST CD 2
APE+CUE | Booklet | 280 Mb

Featuring a mixture of test signals and musical tracks recorded by the magazine's editors and writers. It helps you with the placement of speakers in your listening room for optimal sound. It also contains many test-tone frequencies and musical selections. See more.

STEREOPHILE/TEST CD 2
Music Tracks:
[1] Channel Identification 0:37 (Fender Bass Guitar!)
[2] Channel Phasing 0:46 (Fender Bass Guitar!)
[3] Acoustic Drum Solo 3:37
[4] Acoustic guitar solo 3:07
[5] Igor Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat (excerpt) 0:56
[6] Sergei Prokofiev: Flute Sonata in D, Op.94, Allegro con brio 7:00
[7] Franz Schubert: Ave Maria 4:35
[8] Traditional (arr. Charlie Caranicas): St. James Infirmary 3:39
[9] J.S. Bach: Trio Sonata BWV 525, Adagio 5:13
[10] Mapping the Soundstage 1:04
[11] Brahms: Intermezzo, Op.117 No.1 in E-flat 5:24
[12] Beethoven: "Mozart's Minuet in G" 0:44
[13] Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Part 1 (conclusion) 7:07
[14] Corey Greenberg: Eden 3:14


Signals for testing loudspeakers and rooms:
[15] Pink Noise at -20dBFS L+R (Uncorrelated from 0:42) 1:24
[16] Bass Decade (200Hz-20Hz) 1/3-octave warble tones at -20dBFS 2:47
[17] Midrange Decade (250Hz-2kHz) 1/3-octave warble tones at -20dBFS 2:32
[18] Treble Decade (2.5kHz-20kHz) 1/3-octave warble tones at -20dBFS 2:32
[19] Music Articulation Test Tone 1:19


Distortion & Jitter demonstration tracks:
[20] The Harmonic Series, 500Hz fundamental, at -10dBFS (L+R) 0:24
[21] Second harmonic distortion A/B Test (L+R) 1:42
[22] Third harmonic distortion A/B Test (L+R) 1:42
[23] Seventh harmonic distortion A/B Test (L+R) 2:12
[24] Typical amplifier distortion signatures (L+R) 0:32
[25] Harmonic & sub-harmonic distortion (L+R) 0:22
[26] Jitter demonstration track (L+R) 0:48


CD Player & Tape Recorder test tracks:
[27] Spot frequency tones at -20dBFS (L+R) 6:15
[28] De-emphasis test tones at -20dBFS, (L+R) 0:52
[29] Noise Modulation Test Tones with dither (L+R) 1:02


High Level high frequency test tracks:
[30] 19+20kHz at 0dBFS (L+R) 0:21
[31] 20kHz at 0dBFS & -20dBFS (L+R) 0:31


Warning: tracks 26, 30, and 31 contain high levels of high frequencies and must not be played at high volumes if loudspeaker damage is to be avoided.

Total playing time: 74:28

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