catalog number

artistic details

technical information

replaygain value (short sample)

replaygain value (full track)

link

GROUP 1

artificial and electronic samples

A01

(artificial)

micro impulses

-3.51 dB


421 Kb

A02

(artificial)

micro impulses (stronger)

+5.77 dB


852 Kb

A03

(artificial)

very strong and short impulses

-1.44 dB


747 Kb

A04

(artificial)

micro impulses

-3.57 dB


778 Kb

A05

(artificial: electronic)

electronic - tonal part and micro-details

-2.97 dB


1315 Kb

GROUP 2a

chamber music on modern instruments

E01

percussion & trombones

detailed recording of trombones (micro impulses)

+1.75 dB


873 Kb

E02

string quartet

pizzicatti

+0.94 dB


830 Kb

E03

string quartet

noisy recording

-1.22 dB


713 Kb

E04

string quartet

a lot of HF content (useful for testing lowpass)

-1.65 dB


950 Kb

E05

string quartet

short impulses

+6.00 dB


1083 Kb

E06

string quartet


-1.46 dB


920 Kb

E07

wind octet


+5.48 dB


840 Kb

E08

percussive instruments


+2.63 dB


520 Kb

E09

string quartet & clarinet


-0.44 dB


843 Kb

E10

clarinet, guitar and other


+4.21 dB


854 Kb

E11

rattle

micro impulses

+14.55 dB


1009 Kb

E12

piano & flute


-5.81 dB


667 Kb

E13

cello & piano


-0.22 dB


916 Kb

E14

trio (violin, cello & piano)


-2.02 dB


775 Kb

E15

oboes, horns & bassoons


-5.95 dB


529 Kb

GROUP 2b

orchestral music on modern instruments

E16

brass and wind instruments


+1.41 dB


785 Kb

E17

wind, cymbal and percussion


-2.02 dB


799 Kb

E18

wind, brass, cymbals and strings


+4.15 dB


826 Kb

E19

brass


+2.28 dB


541 Kb

E20

strings and clarinet

quiet moment

+25.89 dB


748 Kb

E21

strings (pizzicati) & winds


+13.67 dB


644 Kb

E22

strings

noisy recording

+10.96 dB


706 Kb

E23

full orchestra + triangle


-1.01 dB


1112 Kb

E24

strings and wind instruments


+10.81 dB


792 Kb

E25

full orchestra + percussion


-2.96 dB


993 Kb

E26

brass and percussive instruments

useful for preecho

+7.27 dB


672 Kb

E27

clarinet and percussions

useful for preecho

+18.30 dB


311 Kb

E28

cymbal and percussive instruments


-2.72 dB


833 Kb

E29

piano and percussive instruments


+3.16 dB


626 Kb

E30

solo violin and full orchestra

detailed recording (second half)

-1.09 dB


1052 Kb

GROUP 2c

chamber music on period instruments

E31

violin, harpsichord and cello

a lot of HF content (useful for testing lowpass)

+0.27 dB


1266 Kb

E32

strings


-5.13 dB


882 Kb

E33

drums and chinese flute


+1.63 dB


996 Kb

E34

two flutes


+3.93 dB


583 Kb

E35

flute and harpsichord


-2.66 dB


1064 Kb

E36

bagpipe and guitar


+2.89 dB


858 Kb

E37

pianoforte and violin


+1.62 dB


1264 Kb

E38

string quartet


+0.68 dB


745 Kb

E39

guitars and percussion


+7.24 dB


647 Kb

E40

pianoforte, cello and violin


-1.66 dB


856 Kb

E41

gambas

tonal and textured

+0.30 dB


805 Kb

E42

violin and continuo (theorbo or lute)

tonal

+2.92 dB


1056 Kb

E43

strings and continuo


+2.23 dB


966 Kb

E44

cello and continuo


+10.20 dB


443 Kb

E45

violin and harpsichord

a lot of HF content (useful for testing lowpass)

-2.87 dB


1165 Kb

GROUP 2d

orchestral music on period instruments

E46

small orchestra with brass


+9.49 dB


904 Kb

E47

violins & percussions with continuo


+3.41 dB


658 Kb

E48

violins


-0.75 dB


809 Kb

E49

horns


-1.04 dB


785 Kb

E50

trombone and strings

micro impulses (trombone)

-0.94 dB


894 Kb

E51

full orchestra

complex orchestra

-4.35 dB


748 Kb

E52

full and rich orchestra

micro impulse

-2.61 dB


1137 Kb

E53

mandolins, lutes and theorbo

good for testing smearing

+6.16 dB


381 Kb

E54

full and boomy orchestra


-2.41 dB


915 Kb

E55

full orchestra


+3.64 dB


750 Kb

E56

orchestra with bells


-2.90 dB


626 Kb

E57

« tambourin »


+1.06 dB


855 Kb

E58

full orchestra, with flute and cymbals


-4.75 dB


1043 Kb

E59

string orchestra with continuo


-1.49 dB


859 Kb

E60

harpsichord and strings


-0.63 dB


1068 Kb

Group 3

SOLOIST INSTRUMENTS

S01

cello


+6.06 dB


794 Kb

S02

cello

detailed recording of cello

+6.16 dB


430 Kb

S03

cello

grain is perfectly recorded

+8.92 dB


467 Kb

S04

erhu

tonal and harmonic sound

+5.31 dB


631 Kb

S05

gamba

transparent recording of gamba

+3.72 dB


1026 Kb

S06

viola


+0.34 dB


738 Kb

S07

baroque violin


-1.03 dB


969 Kb

S08

violin


+1.23 dB


917 Kb

S09

violin

tonal moment

+12.99 dB


1009 Kb

S10

clavichord

quiet and noisy

+15.55 dB


567 Kb

S11

harpsichord

reverberated recording

+9.53 dB


793 Kb

S12

harpsichord

transparent and sharp; beautiful instrument

+4.25 dB


766 Kb

S13

harpsichord


-2.14 dB


1178 Kb

S14

harpsichord

hurry

-3.60 dB


977 Kb

S15

harpsichord

sharp, meditative recording (useful for preecho)

+6.22 dB


1134 Kb

S16

harpsichord

sharp and reverberated recording

+4.23 dB


1132 Kb

S17

organ

textured and complex sound (second part)

+6.88 dB


961 Kb

S18

organ

quiet and tonal moment

+8.00 dB


681 Kb

S19

organ

tonal

+6.02 dB


891 Kb

S20

organ

“full orchestra” organ

-3.66 dB


1005 Kb

S21

organ

detailed and complex

+16.46 dB


683 Kb

S22

organ

highly tonal

+12.14 dB


589 Kb

S23

piano

details in the background (creaking chair...)

+4.89 dB


519 Kb

S24

piano


-4.60 dB


711 Kb

S25

piano

quiet and slightly noisy recording

+11.95 dB


427 Kb

S26

piano

even quieter but transparent (no noise)

+14.53 dB


501 Kb

S27

piano


-1.01 dB


911 Kb

S28

piano

reverberated recording

+1.75 dB


609 Kb

S29

pianoforte


+5.56 dB


560 Kb

S30

accordion

highly tonal moment

+10.73 dB


428 Kb

S31

accordion

micro-impulses

+16.72 dB


775 Kb

S32

accordion

tonal sample (second part)

+2.04 dB


677 Kb

S33

Glockenspiel

attacks at low volume (useful for pre-echo/ringing)

+24.29 dB


559 Kb

S34

glassharmonica

weird instrument (tonal and detailed)

-4.11 dB


1532 Kb

S35

maracas

micro-impulse

-0.09 dB


526 Kb

S36

marimbas

attacks (useful for pre-echo)

-2.65 dB


427 Kb

S37

Martenot Waves

very weird instrument (very tonal, no masking)

-0.96 dB


759 Kb

S38

baroque 10-cords guitar

reverberated and nice recording

-1.62 dB


736 Kb

S39

guitar


+11.07 dB


529 Kb

S40

guitar

noisy recording

-0.36 dB


628 Kb

S41

guitar


+10.11 dB


948 Kb

S42

harp

quiet recording

+11.55 dB


684 Kb

S43

theorbo


-1.12 dB


876 Kb

S44

bagpipe

highly tonal

+10.04 dB


913 Kb

S45

bassoon

tonal and micro short impulses

-3.14 dB


0 Kb

S46

bassclarinet

tonal and micro details

-0.42 dB


940 Kb

S47

clarinet

highly tonal (second part)

+0.89 dB


713 Kb

S48

clarinet

background events

+4.61 dB


682 Kb

S49

flute


+2.73 dB


648 Kb

S50

piccolo

highly tonal (beginning)

-1.00 dB


1204 Kb

S51

recorder

slightly noisy recording

-5.87 dB


856 Kb

S52

oboe


+7.31 dB


372 Kb

S53

saxophone

detailed and highly tonal passage

-1.53 dB


936 Kb

S54

trombone

micro-details

+3.50 dB


708 Kb

S55

trumpet

micro-impulses

+0.78 dB


928 Kb

Group 4

VOCAL MUSIC (solist, chorus, plain-chant...)

V01



-0.85 dB


992 Kb

V02



-4.38 dB


714 Kb

V03



+28.39 dB


323 Kb

V04



-0.70 dB


1103 Kb

V05



-4.86 dB


1046 Kb

V06



-5.08 dB


960 Kb

V07



-4.78 dB


681 Kb

V08



-10.09 dB


1159 Kb

V09



-2.70 dB


724 Kb

V10



+2.13 dB


1051 Kb

V11



+10.62 dB


798 Kb

V12



+0.91 dB


785 Kb

V13



-2.56 dB


713 Kb

V14



+2.18 dB


952 Kb

V15



-1.79 dB


767 Kb

V16



+2.94 dB


957 Kb

V17



+6.97 dB


995 Kb

V18



+8.46 dB


819 Kb

V19



+13.55 dB


770 Kb

V20



-0.80 dB


1118 Kb

V21



-6.56 dB


479 Kb

V22



-1.14 dB


912 Kb

V23



-0.50 dB


956 Kb

V24



-8.50 dB


1123 Kb

V25



+6.09 dB


868 Kb

V26



-4.33 dB


512 Kb

V27



+3.79 dB


1153 Kb

V28



+5.10 dB


840 Kb

V29



+1.99 dB


777 Kb

V30



+2.69 dB


888 Kb



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blind-tests including the complete catalog of 150 samples

tested bitrate

tested formats

date

link

~80 kbps

MP3HE-AACLC-AACVorbisWMA

july 2005

here (english)

~96 kbps

AACMP3MPCVorbisWMA

august 2005

here (french)

~130 kbps

MP3 LAME

september 2005

here (english)

130...135 kbps

AAC (iTunes, Nero Digital) — MP3 (LAME) — Vorbis (aoTuV)

november 2005

here (english)