HeadFi Test disk

[richidoo]

https://www.hdtracks.com/index.php?file=browse_music&type=label&id=158

"Head-Fi and David Chesky of HDTracks.com collaborated to assemble a headphone system test album called Open Your Ears (it can also be used to evaluate your non-headphone audio systems). CNET Audiophiliac blogger Steve Guttenberg wrote the liner notes to help the listener understand how to use the tracks to evaluate your system for:
Midrange tonalilty    
Palpable detail and texture
Low-level resolution    
Rhythm
Transparency    
Spatial depth
Visceral impact    
Depth
Out-of-head imaging    
Bass extension
Center focus    
Bass"

$9 for Headfi.org members

[evan1]

going to order it when I get home from work

[tmazz]

I wonder if they are going to make this available as a physical disc for those of us that don't run a music server.  Can downloads from HDTracks be burned onto a disc or is there some kind of copy protection?

[richidoo]

Tom, you can burn a disc with downloaded tracks from HDTracks, they don't have any DRM on their music. But to make it playable in a CDP the tracks must be 16 bit 44.1kHz, so get that version if you buy it. Otherwise you have to convert the hirez files into redbook and 96kHz is not divisible by 44.1kHz, so dithering is required and you'll hear it.