{"id":130627,"date":"2021-05-12T18:47:37","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T17:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=130627"},"modified":"2021-05-12T19:10:19","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T18:10:19","slug":"ps-audio-audiophile-masters-hybrid-audiophile-sacd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/hi-fi\/ps-audio-audiophile-masters-hybrid-audiophile-sacd\/","title":{"rendered":"PS Audio Audiophile Masters: Hybrid Audiophile SACD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>PS Audio<\/b> has released its own version of a test disc, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.psaudio.com\/products\/audiophile-masters-volume-1\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Audiophile Masters<\/a> to demonstrate the sound quality of audio systems, prepared with the participation of <b>Octave Records<\/b>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<p>The collection contains compositions of different genres, united by the highest quality recordings made exclusively in DSD.\u00a0An interesting feature is that the layer in high resolution DSD can be read only when the disc is loaded into the proprietary SACD transport of PS Audio, or by copying the layer onto the supplied recordable DVDs.\u00a0A regular Red Book layer can be played on any compatible device.<\/p>\n<p><b>PS Audio Audiophile Masters, Volume 1<\/b>\u00a0SACD is\u00a0<b>priced<\/b>\u00a0at\u00a0<b>$ 29<\/b>\u00a0.<\/p>\n<h3>Track listing of the compilation PS Audio Audiophile Masters, Volume 1<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Modern Art &#8211; Bill Kopper<\/li>\n<li>The Hitchhiker &#8211; Taylor Sims and Kyle Donovan<\/li>\n<li>Willow Dance &#8211; Don Grusin<\/li>\n<li>Feels &#8211; Gabriel Mervine<\/li>\n<li>Saffron &#8211; From Color of Sound<\/li>\n<li>Sechs Lieder, Op. 23, No. 1 Was weinst du, Bl\u00fcmlein &#8211; Clara Schumann<\/li>\n<li>Terra de Milagros &#8211; Bill Kopper<\/li>\n<li>Flying Blind &#8211; Clandestine Amigo<\/li>\n<li>Tambores de Natureza &#8211; Carl Dixon<\/li>\n<li>Milanese Quartet No. 6 in B flat Major, K. 159, Second Movement 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