Are the Stereophile setup CD’s any good?

Every once in a while I crank out one of my test records/cd's.  And yes, more often not I make a tiny adjustment to my system -- either a slight toe-in or speaker-width adjustment or a minor twist of the dial on my sub-woofer.  In any case, my Stereophile test CDs are just fine.  Sure, they never come close to giving me the fidelity some of my favorite CDs and LPs, but they certainly do more than simply take up space in the CD rack.  My favorite test CD?  Probably the one I got with my now long-gone Denon CD player.

Oh yeah, my favorite test record by far is one my dad got in the Mid Fifties. In it a genial, wonderfully voiced BBC style narrator takes us to a tap-dancing rehearsal and a "Grand Prix motor race."

Reference Recordings XLO.  Walks you through soundstage and many other terms, then plays an example.  RR has a nice catalogue also online.

curiousjim

Yes- the Stereophile test CDs are excellent and provide helpful tips/tunes for any system. I own all titles. Have fun!

Happy Listening!

2nd Note:

I concur on the Chesky and XLO discs as well. I own those too.

Happy Listening!