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BEST OF
CHESKY
Classics & Jazz
and
Audiophile Test Disc
VOLUME 3

[JD111]

PART ONE: THE MUSIC
We have arranged this special collection of Chesky artists in a concert format for your enjoyment.   Many different musical forms are represented on this compact disc, but they all work together - proof that good acoustic music has more commonality than divergence.   Just put this compact disc in your player, sit back and enjoy!

PART TWO: AUDIO DEMONSTRATIONS AND TESTS
Announcer John Henry takes you through the world of stereo microphone techniques, artificial and natural space, artificial and natural imaging, and introduces you to our new 20-bit high resolution recording process.

PART ONE: THE MUSIC
[  1] Ana Caram   Africando   from Maracanã - JD104
[  2] Livingston Taylor   Out of This World   from Good Friends - JD97
[  3] Leny Andrade   Wave   from Maiden Voyage - JD113
[  4] Connecticut Early Music Festival Ensemble   Winter (Vivaldi)   from The Four Seasons - CD78
[  5] Rebecca Pidgeon   Grandmother   from The Raven - JD115
[  6] Orquesta Nova   Battery Park   from Salon New York - JD86
[  7] Lavern Butler   I Cover The Waterfront   from No Looking Back - JD91
[  8] Sara K   Horse I Used To Ride   from Play On Words - JD105
[  9] Fred Hersch Trio   Con Alma   from Fred Hersch Plays … - JD116
[10] Badi Assad   Num Pagode Em Planaltina   from Solo - JD99
[11] Westminster Choir   Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart)   from O Magnum Mysterium - CD83

PART TWO: AUDIO DEMONSTRATIONS AND TECHNICAL TESTS

[12 - 33 ] A GUIDED TOUR THROUGH THE AUDIOPHILE WORLD
[12] Announcement / Artificial Stereo Demonstration
[12 - 20] Microphone Techniques
[13] Mono Mike
[14] Artificial Stereo
[15] XY Cardioid Technique
[16] XY and Added Ambience
[17] XY with Increased Ambience
[18] Crossed Figure 8's
[19] Spaced Pair of Omnis
[20] Three Spaced Omnis
[21 - 23] Instrument Placement
[21] Announcement
[22] Piano against the wall of the studio
[23] Piano in the middle of the studio
[24 - 27] Natural vs Artificial Space
[24] Announcement
[25] Drum set recorded in a dry studio
[26] Drum set in a live studio
[27] Drum set with artificial reverberation
[28 - 29] Natural vs Artificial Imaging
[28] Natural stereo imaging
[29] Artificial stereo imaging
[30 - 32] Natural vs Compressed Dynamics
[30] Introduction to compressors
[31] Jazz group with compression
[32] Jazz group without compression
[33] New 20-bit High-Resolution Technology

[34 - 45] TECHNICAL TESTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS
[34 - 35] Dirty vs Clean Power
[34] Violin recorded with "dirty" power
[35] Violin recorded with "clean" power
[36 - 37] Digital vs Analog tape
[36] 20-bit, all digital recording
[37] 20-bit recording made from an analog tape
[38] Equipment and Cable Burn-in Signal
[39] Volume Level Warning
[40 - 41] 16-bit vs 20-bit A/D
[40] Music at 30dB into 16-bit system
[41] Music at 30dB into 20-bit system with high resolution dither
[42 - 44] Fade To Noise (low level resolution) Tests
[42] Fade to noise, no dither
[43] Fade to noise, flat dither
[44] Fade to noise, high resolution dither
[45] Volume Level Warning

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