Various Artists Das Stereo Phono Festival Vol.2 Set (SACD+DVD)

When the STEREO Phono Festival was released at the end of 2015, it hit the listeners like a bomb in an environment of general and steadily growing enthusiasm for analogue music reproduction. To experience 16 turntables of all price and performance classes, including many STEREO test devices, "virtually" via CD, SACD or high-bit files in the best sound quality via your own system - that was as new as it was exciting and was well received. Each spinner presented itself with a musical highlight, with current productions standing next to central titles of hi-fi history that shaped it and were, for example, popular demonstration pieces at trade fairs. In this respect, the STEREO Phono Festivals also contribute to the preservation and promotion of audiophile culture.
It's no wonder that listeners soon demanded a second episode, which is available with this conceptually identical double-disc box. Once again, it delivers 16 digital recordings of turntables, ranging from entry-level turners to dream devices.
The hybrid SACD runs on every CD and SACD player, with the DSD data stream of the SACD getting closer to the high-resolution original PCM originals in the ultimate format of 24 bit/192 kilohertz.
The latter is delivered by the Phono-Festival in the form of a DVD-R for reading via the computer. These are the native WAV files of the recordings, which are completely untreated except for a possible minor level adjustment. They can be streamed over the network or played directly from the computer and correspond to the original uncropped quality. For the CD, the high-bit files were scaled down to their format of 16 bit/44.1 kHz or converted to DSD format as a 2.8 megahertz bitstream for the SACD layer.

Selections:

Disk 1 of 2 (SACD)
1. Amuseum (Howard James Newton)
2. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress (Toneff Radka/Dobrogosz Steve)
3. No Santuary Here (Jones Chris)
4. Luna Saracena (Caporale Rosella)
5. The Coyote (Hardy Jack)
6. Dancing Bear (Dancing Bear)
7. Girl Talk (Stanley Lyn)
8. O quer vier eu traco. (Caram Ana)
9. Crazy Swing (DelaDap)
10. The Universe (Reboutisica Evanthia)
11. September In Montreal (Bisson Anne)
12. Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Voce (Hamilton Scott, Birro Paolo, Zunino Aldo, Kramer Alfred)
13. Sweet Baby (Gray Macy)
14. You'll Be With Me (Kimball Bobby)
15. When Hearts Collide (McBroom Amanda)
16. Lucifer Polka (Oue Eiji, Minnesota Orchestra)
Disk 2 of 2 (DVD-ROM)
1. Amuseum (Howard James Newton)
2. The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress (Toneff Radka, Dobrogosz Steve)
3. No Santuary Here (Jones Chris)
4. Luna Saracena (Caporale Rosella)
5. The Coyote (Hardy Jack)
6. Dancing Bear (Dancing Bear)
7. Girl Talk (Stanley Lyn)
8. O quer vier eu traco. (Caram Ana)
9. Crazy Swing (DelaDap)
10. The Universe (Reboutisica Evanthia)
11. September In Montreal (Bisson Anne)
12. Se Todos Fossem Iguais A Voce (Hamilton Scott, Birro Paolo, Zunino Aldo, Kramer Alfred)
13. Sweet Baby (Gray Macy)
14. You'll Be With Me (Kimball Bobby)
15. When Hearts Collide (McBroom Amanda)
16. Lucifer Polka (Oue Eiji, Minnesota Orchestra)