Vanguard Stereolab Test Record

Vanguard Stereolab Test Record

Since this is a blog mostly about audio materials and the distribution of said audio materials and also recently being inspired by the new and worthy blog Stereofound, a post here in the Basement to test your playback system is overdue. This LP includes test tones, signals, and bits of classical music such as the staple "Sabre Dance" that seems to show up on every stereo or audio playback system test record. There may be more of these playback stereo test records posted in the future as I find these types of records interesting. I also want to help ensure that your playback systems work, of course.


Tracklisting:

Note: Both sides of the LP are the same.

1. Introduction {0:21}

2. Left Channel: 15 KC to 30 Cycles (-12 DB Level) {3:11}

3. Right Channel: 15 KC to 30 Cycles (-12 DB Level) {3:14}

4. 1,000 Cycles: Left, right (0 Level) {0:57}

5. 1,000 Cycles: Lateral, Vertical (0 Level) {0:54}

6. Speaker Balancing Signal {0:59}

7. 150 Cycles In Phase, Out of Phase, In Phase {1:01}

8. 3 KC Flutter Test {1:03}

9. 400 Cycles, +8DB, +6DB, +4DB, +2DB, 0 Level {2:02}

10. Chaconne for Organ [excerpt] and Sabre Dance from Gayne Ballet {4:43}