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Stereophile Test CD 3 Track Listing
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  Track: Time:
1. Home Theater & Strereo Channel Identification (Left, Right, Center, Subwoofer, Surround.) 2:05
2. Stereo Channel Phasing (Stereo channels in-phase, out-of-phase.) 0:34
3. Empire Brass Quintet: "Sibley Sanctus Lydian" (from Passage 138 B.C.-A.D. 1611,
Telarc CD-80355, Surround-Sound-encoded)
3:59
4. Dick Hyman: "Topsy" (HDCD®) (from From the Age of Swing,
Reference Recordings RR-59CD)
6:11
5. Sara K.: "History Repeats Itself" (from Play on Words, Chesky Records JD105) 5:54
6. Jimmy Rogers: "Blue Bird" (from Blue Bird, Analogue Productions APO 2001) 4:44
7. Doug MacLeod: "Rollin' & Tumblin'" (from Come to Find, AudioQuest Music AQ-CD1027 3:10
8. Airto Moreira and the Gods of Jazz: "Nevermind" (from Killer Bees, B&W Music BW041) 7:43
9. Dean Peer: "Lord's Tundra" (from Ucross, Redstone RR91012) 3:38
10. Soundstage Maps & Microphone Techniques (2 omnis, 3 omnis, ORTF cardioids,
"shuffled" ORTF cardioids, Shoeps SFM6)
6:08
11. Robert Whyte: "Christe qui lux es et dies" (excerpt) (miking examples) 1:56
12. Robert Whyte: "Christe qui lux es et dies" (Performed by Halcyon, complete performance) 4:56
13. Frederic Chopin: Waltz in c-sharp, Op.64 No. 2 (Performed by Robert Silverman,
from Concert, Stereophile STPH 005-2)
4:20
14. Frederic Chopin: Waltz in c-sharp, Op.64 No.2 (Truncated to 15 bits: encoded via PASC,
encoded via DTS Zeta)
4:20
15. 1992 Montreal Formula One Grand Prix (Recorded binaurally) 2:51
Signals for Testing loudspeakers and rooms:
16. Chromatic scale (left chennel, then right channel.) 1:38
17. Bass Decade 1/3-octave warble tones at -20dBPFS. 2:47
18. Midrange Decade 1/3-octave warble tones at -20dBFS. 2:32
19. Treble Decade 1/3-octave warble tones at -20dBFS. 2:32
20. Stereophile's Special Burn-In Noise. 2:15
Signals for testing electronic components, amplifiers, & CD players:
21. Home Theater reference & demagnetizing tone (1kHz at -20dBFS, decaying to silence.) 0:24
22. 1kHz Squarewave at -12dBFS. 0:15
23. Multi-tone signal, octave spacing. 0:15
24. Multi-tone signal, 1kHz spacing. 0:15
25. Multi-tone signal, 500Hz spacing. 0:15
26. Multi-tone signal, 500Hz spacing with gaps. 0:15
27. 1kHz sinewave (dithered) at -90.31dBFS. 0:20
 
Total Playing Time:
76:08