# What the hell is an audiophile recording? **URL:** \ **Category:** Music Room\ **Created:** [February 27, 2019, 8:01pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195 "2019-02-27T20:01:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Peet](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Peet](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Peet)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2019, 1:15pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195/22 "2019-03-26T13:15:24Z")
Yes I definitely hope for more One Mic recordings from the label, there’s something very special going on there, complete phase coherency?, but I also think that the Witmer Trio recording is fabulous so, I’d prefer if they would continue with both types; ![](https://d2ikyu8xyuibjx.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/0ca5832f1745897813074a5bee7cdc2085648b52.png) ![](https://d2ikyu8xyuibjx.cloudfront.net/original/2X/9/90d348b73d709e33587b2b9c71b702c4daa5422d.png) [https://www.soundliaison.com/](https://www.soundliaison.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Kefas](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/51bf81/32.png) [@Kefas](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Kefas)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2019, 8:17pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195/23 "2019-03-27T20:17:53Z")
> [@Peet](#): > > It has been released this weekend. > This album fits Steven Gutenberg’s demands to a T. > It’s a one point stereo recording, it’s live, and recorded with state of the art equipment and the sound as well as the music is superb. > > ![](https://d2ikyu8xyuibjx.cloudfront.net/original/2X/d/d4ed968223d3d100802ff29a1ace34f1b8b71166.png) > > [https://www.soundliaison.com/](https://www.soundliaison.com/) It most certainly does! An amazing recording, absolutely amazing. They just keep getting better. ---
**Author:** ![GraemeH](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/graemeh/32/337_2.png) [@GraemeH](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/GraemeH)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195/24 "2019-03-28T18:12:15Z")
![image](https://d2ikyu8xyuibjx.cloudfront.net/original/2X/a/a129d89d96a7f53e2a22a3a503440b31c8158f7e.jpeg) Found it. G ---
**Author:** ![Peet](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Peet](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Peet)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195/25 "2019-03-29T15:00:35Z")
? audiophile:grinning:? ---
**Author:** ![Kefas](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/51bf81/32.png) [@Kefas](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Kefas)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195/26 "2019-04-02T18:40:34Z")
Absolutely. I really like almost everything they have produced so far. And I think the Witmer trio album is an incredibly well sounding album. But the Feenbrothers…there is something very special going on there…whew. ---
**Author:** ![Chris-T](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/chris-t/32/347_2.png) [@Chris-T](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Chris-T)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 7:38pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195/27 "2019-04-02T19:38:50Z")
A shame their download speeds are so poor for a 352k quality file of 5.4Gb it will take over 4 hours because it seems to be throttled at about 370kb/sec ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kefas](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/51bf81/32.png) [@Kefas](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Kefas)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2019, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195/28 "2019-04-03T19:37:20Z")
> [@Peet](#): > > It has been released this weekend. > This album fits Steven Gutenberg’s demands to a T. > It’s a one point stereo recording, it’s live, and recorded with state of the art equipment and the sound as well as the music is superb. > > ![](https://d2ikyu8xyuibjx.cloudfront.net/original/2X/d/d4ed968223d3d100802ff29a1ace34f1b8b71166.png) > > [https://www.soundliaison.com/](https://www.soundliaison.com/) Somebody tell Steve Guttenberg:grinning: I downloaded the Flac, no problems, it went smoothly. ---
**Author:** ![Peet](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Peet](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Peet)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2019, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195/29 "2019-04-22T15:15:43Z")
> [@Kefas](#): > > Absolutely. I really like almost everything they have produced so far. > And I think the Witmer trio album is an incredibly well sounding album. > But the Feenbrothers…there is something very special going on there…whew. The Witmer album is more produced. What is special about The Feen Brothers is that phase coherency I guess. It is as if you are standing right in front of the band. ---
**Author:** ![Peet](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Peet](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Peet)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195/31 "2019-05-04T13:43:14Z")
here is an interesting list; Winners of the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album; [https://hifireference.com/audiophile-albums/](https://hifireference.com/audiophile-albums/) ---
**Author:** ![JazzMan](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@JazzMan](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/JazzMan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2019, 11:03am UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195/32 "2019-05-05T11:03:42Z")
I hope that the following questionnaire will help: 1. Is the featured artist someone who you have never heard of? 2. Are they playing an instrument that looks impossible to tune, much less play? 3. Does the featured artist spell their name in an unusual way? 4. Was the recording released by an obscure record label? 5. Does the music contained in the recording celebrate the cultural diversity of an indigenous people or their country of origin? 6. Was the recording made using a restored vintage analogue R2R recording device, e.g. Nagra, Studer? 7. Is the music contained in the recording wholly inappropriate for dancing? 8. Would you have no wish to see the featured artist in live performance? 9. Does the featured artist have facial hair? (Please note that this question is also applicable to female artists) 10. Is it likely that, having listened to the recording once, you would never play it again? 11. Would the featured artist be unlikely to release a ‘Greatest Hits’ album? 12. Does the recording enable you to focus on the more detailed mid-range of your most recent system upgrade? If you can answer ‘Yes’ to six or more of these questions, then you are probably dealing with a genuine audiophile recording. Take comfort in the knowledge that you probably have a great hi-fi system. If not, just file it in the ‘Redundant’ category of your music library, alongside ‘Kind Of Blue’ by Miles Davis ---
**Author:** ![Peet](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Peet](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Peet)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2019, 7:56pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195/33 "2019-05-07T19:56:28Z")
> [@JazzMan](#): > > ‘Redundant’ Good points:grinning: but ‘‘Kind of Blue’’ ‘Redundant’? !!! ??? ---
**Author:** ![Cemil](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/cemil/32/4014_2.png) [@Cemil](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Cemil)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 4:51pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195/34 "2019-05-11T16:51:34Z")
> [@Peet](#): > > but ‘‘Kind of Blue’’ ‘Redundant’? !!! ??? I think he’s being sarcastic - at least I hope he is 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jan](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/jan/32/609_2.png) [@jan](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/jan)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195/35 "2019-05-11T17:11:31Z")
It is a recording of auiophiles in their natural habitat. You can hear some softjazz female singing in the background accompanied by the distant noise of a record cleaner. During mating seasin there are rituals where they allow their snaics and burndys to touch each other - once. There have also been rumours of a more sinister character out in the woods at night with chanting and the burning of Stock, Aitken and Watermans Greatest Hits. ---
**Author:** ![Kefas](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/51bf81/32.png) [@Kefas](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Kefas)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195/37 "2019-05-15T18:21:06Z")
> [@Cemil](#): > > > [@Peet](#): > > > > but ‘‘Kind of Blue’’ ‘Redundant’? !!! ??? > > I think he’s being sarcastic - at least I hope he is 🙂 Or maybe not and I´m just getting old…😒 but you would think that with a name like Jazzman at least he could suggest an alternative to Kind of Blue… ---
**Author:** ![Peet](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Peet](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Peet)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195/38 "2019-05-18T17:13:36Z")
> [@Peet](#): > > It has been released this weekend. > This album fits Steven Gutenberg’s demands to a T. > It’s a one point stereo recording, it’s live, and recorded with state of the art equipment and the sound as well as the music is superb. > > ![](https://d2ikyu8xyuibjx.cloudfront.net/original/2X/d/d4ed968223d3d100802ff29a1ace34f1b8b71166.png) > > [https://www.soundliaison.com/](https://www.soundliaison.com/) There is only a couple of days left of the introduction offer of this highly recommendable completely phase coherent album. ---
**Author:** ![Audionoob](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/audionoob/32/279526_2.png) [@Audionoob](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Audionoob)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2019, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195/39 "2019-05-18T17:21:19Z")
I know there’s a Dutch studio that does exclusively Hi-end audio recordings: TRPTK ([trptk.com](http://trptk.com)). There’s others like them out there too. ---
**Author:** ![Peet](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Peet](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Peet)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195/40 "2019-05-19T18:04:22Z")
TRPTK, Native DSD, Sound Liaison and a few more all very good and all are Dutch. ---
**Author:** ![Kefas](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/k/51bf81/32.png) [@Kefas](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Kefas)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195/41 "2019-05-21T18:55:36Z")
Here is a fine Chesky album recorded in bin-aural, a bit similar approach as the one mic approach from Sound Liaison. This one sounds best on headphones; [![](https://d2ikyu8xyuibjx.cloudfront.net/original/4X/a/4/7/a479d6559a75aa6edf2aed8ca164ab6e708ac3d7.jpeg "Wycliffe Gordon & Friends - When the Saints Go Marching In (2012 Chesky Records)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMCNJ-ZEhbY) > [@Peet](#): > > > [@Peet](#): > > > > It has been released this weekend. > > This album fits Steven Gutenberg’s demands to a T. > > It’s a one point stereo recording, it’s live, and recorded with state of the art equipment and the sound as well as the music is superb. > > > > ![](https://d2ikyu8xyuibjx.cloudfront.net/original/2X/d/d4ed968223d3d100802ff29a1ace34f1b8b71166.png) > > > > [https://www.soundliaison.com/](https://www.soundliaison.com/) > > There is only a couple of days left of the introduction offer of this highly recommendable completely phase coherent album. ---
**Author:** ![Gandalf](https://community.naimaudio.com/user_avatar/community.naimaudio.com/gandalf/32/1404_2.png) [@Gandalf](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Gandalf)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195/42 "2019-05-21T19:06:04Z")
> [@Innocent\_Bystander](#): > > Answer to the original question: an audiophile recording is a recording of someone, or made by someone, who loves sound. The term is meaningless insofar as sound quality is concerned, although the marketing is presumably supposed to suggest that it is a recording where the fidelity to the original sound is of the highest. Even if if the person in question who loves sound makes a highly compressed screetchy recording? I suppose its all music like its all art as long as it makes an impression? ---
**Author:** ![Peet](https://community.naimaudio.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/f0a364/32.png) [@Peet](https://community.naimaudio.com/u/Peet)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195/43 "2019-06-03T12:44:25Z")
Hi Jazzman How about you post some suggestions for great sounding non audiophile recordings with artist we have heard off? > [@JazzMan](#): > > I hope that the following questionnaire will help: > > 1. Is the featured artist someone who you have never heard of? > 2. Are they playing an instrument that looks impossible to tune, much less play? > 3. Does the featured artist spell their name in an unusual way? > 4. Was the recording released by an obscure record label? > 5. Does the music contained in the recording celebrate the cultural diversity of an indigenous people or their country of origin? > 6. Was the recording made using a restored vintage analogue R2R recording device, e.g. Nagra, Studer? > 7. Is the music contained in the recording wholly inappropriate for dancing? > 8. Would you have no wish to see the featured artist in live performance? > 9. Does the featured artist have facial hair? (Please note that this question is also applicable to female artists) > 10. Is it likely that, having listened to the recording once, you would never play it again? > 11. Would the featured artist be unlikely to release a ‘Greatest Hits’ album? > 12. Does the recording enable you to focus on the more detailed mid-range of your most recent system upgrade? > > If you can answer ‘Yes’ to six or more of these questions, then you are probably dealing with a genuine audiophile recording. Take comfort in the knowledge that you probably have a great hi-fi system. If not, just file it in the ‘Redundant’ category of your music library, alongside ‘Kind Of Blue’ by Miles Davis [Previous page](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195.md?page=1) [Next page](https://community.naimaudio.com/t/what-the-hell-is-an-audiophile-recording/1195.md?page=3)