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Audiophile Masters Volume IX

Name: Audiophile Masters Volume IX
Brand: Various artists
SKU: OCM-SACD-150AU
Price: 22.0 USD
Availability: InStock

The Artist

Various artists

A thoughtful variety of genres

Audiophile Masters Volume IX captures a variety of styles from classical guitar, to bluegrass, and americana to jazz. The range of genres brings a natural array of dynamics and depth. Featuring the classic While My Guitar Gently Weeps performed by guitarist Alexios Anest, The Haunt with sound of honey vocals of Monica Marie LaBonte, and the introspective Solitary Cottonwood by Joe D'Esposito, this is a collection you'll want to play again and again. Recorded in Pure DSD, Audiophile Masters Volume IX is available on SACD and download.

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Audiophile Masters IX

This reference-style album starts off beautiful and familiar with Alexios Anest's version of While My Guitar Gently Weeps and is bookended with his rendition of Francisco Tárrega's Capricho Árabe. The light and airy vocals of Kyle Donovan comfortably move us forward with his original composition Jupiter. Octave fan favorite, Seth Lewis Quintet, gives us two great jazz tracks Cagey and Sweet Leaf. These tracks include Octave artists Gabriel Mervine and Tom Amend. Deal Me In gives us a familiar sound from another Octave favorite, Bonnie & Taylor Sims of Everybody Loves an Outlaw. Michael Wooten & Billy Hoke give us an audiophile treat with their drum duo The Big Groove. This is an audiophile reference album that belongs in every good music collection.

The Music

01 - While My Guitar Gently Weeps
02 - Jupiter
03 - The Haunt
04 - Cagey
05 - Feather
06 - Deal Me In
07 - Sweet Leaf
08 - The Big Groove
09 - Solitary Cottonwood
10 - Capricho Arabe

Recording

Steven Vidaic- recording engineer, producer

Paul McGowan- recording and mix engineer, producer

Jessica Carson- mix assistant, executive producer

Gus Skinas- mastering engineer

Recorded at Animal Lane, Lyons CO & Octave Studios, Boulder CO

Mixed at Octave Studios, Boulder CO

Album Features

One pressing Austrian gold-pressed dual-layer SACD
Pure DSD + PROMastered CD layers
Pure DSD recorded on the Sonoma and Pyramix system
Mixed at Octave Studios on the aspen FR30 loudspeakers
DSD64, DSD128, DSD256, DSDDirect Mastered 352.8kHz 24 bit, 176.4kHz 24 bit, 88.2kHz 24 bit, 44.1kHz 24 bit PCM available as downloads
No compression in the mastering or mixing process
CD layer of SACD playable on any CD player
Mastering by Gus Skinas
All tracks are hand-mixed on the aspen FR30 loudspeakers by Paul McGowan
Limited edition one-pressing physical media