The one must have audiophile hi-res sampler.


I would suggest The Visual Sound The Sound Liaison DXD sampler.
Please feel free to post your own favorite.

Gary Galo from Audio Express gives a rave review to The Visual Sound: The SOUND LIAISON DXD Sampler. It’s available in Stereo DSD (up to DSD 512) and Stereo DXD at the NATIVE DSD Store and at Sound Liaison.com. as well as in 24/192 flac at Sound Liaison BandCamp
Galo says "Sound Liaison doesn’t sell physical media — it offers downloads. Making purist recordings depends not only on the skill and ears of the engineer, but also on the acoustics of the recording venue, and the microphone. There are some audio enthusiasts who claim that high-resolution digital recordings offer no audible improvement over conventional Red Book CDs. I could not disagree more.Sound Liason’s DXD sampler, The Visual Sound, offers some of the most realistic sounding recordings I’ve heard, in enjoyable selections performed by excellent musicians. It includes 10 small-group jazz selections from Sound Liaison’s DXD albums, all mastered at 352.8 kHz. Six of the recordings were made using multiple microphones, while the other four were made with a single Josephson Engineering C700S microphone. I felt that the DSD files had a slightly larger and more precise stereo image. That may seem strange, but I can only report what I heard. It’s possible that my reactions to the warmth and the imaging are due to the simpler analog filtering in DSD playback. Most of the music on this sampler is decidedly laid-back, and audiophiles looking for an in-your-face sonic spectacular will likely miss the point. For engineer Frans de Rond and the excellent musicians heard on these recordings, it’s all about subtlety and refinement. Musically perceptive listeners will appreciate the efforts of all involved in making these fine recordings."

"Of special interest to the audiophile community might be tracks 2, 3, 6 & 9.These tracks have been recorded using just one microphone, the Josephson C700S.The advantages of the One Microphone approach to recording are obvious: perfect imaging, great sense of depth, superior realism and phase coherence. The phase coherence makes them ideal for optimizing speaker placement and finding the optimal listening position, the sweet spot."

fyn

Showing 1 response by tom6897

Thank you for the recommendation 😊 I have a few from Sony, Bluecoast, Reference Recordings and 2NL.