[Chesky Records]

"Amber Rubarth's delicate brand of folk is as haunting as it is exhilarating." - Purevolume[/h4]

"Critics and fans can’t get enough of her truly unique interpretation of the folk genre." - Elmore Magazine

Backed by a string section that includes world renowned Cellist, Dave Eggar, Amber Rubarth returns for her new Chesky album

to follow up her successful, Sessions from the 17^th Ward. Scribbled Folk Symphonies features a combination of original tunes and unique takes on classic songs, such as a haunting rendition of R.E.M’s “Losing My Religion”. Whether you’ve followed her journey from the beginning, or simply get pulled in by her unique interpretation of the classic songs on this album, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by what’s inside.

Amber Rubarth has toured extensively throughout the US, Europe and Japan including appearances at Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center, opening tours for many legendary artists including Emmylou Harris, Kenny Loggins, Marc Cohn, Richie Havens and Loudon Wainwright III. Grand Prize Winner of NPR's Mountain Stage New Song Award, Rubarth has garnered attention for her insightful songwriting and unique musicality, attracting praise from The Huffington Post, BBC Radio and NPR. "She has developed a unique gift of knocking down walls with songs so strong they sound like classics from another era." - Acoustic Guitar Magazine

Part of the Chesky Binaural + Series, all recorded with a single microphone, the band appears right before you with this spacious, lush and multi-dimensional recording. Now headphone users will hear the same three-dimensional sound and imaging as audiophiles have for the past 25 years with Chesky Recordings. Also these new Binaural+ Series albums capture even more spatial realism for the home audiophile market, bringing you one step closer to the actual event. You will hear some of the most natural and pure cool music ever recorded.

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[thepooh]

I have all Chesky releases in my collection, there's no reason why this one won't be in too

 

[k4rstar]

Excited to give this a listen on the CA Orion, my current acoustic kings

 

[glassmonkey]

 

Head-Fi users get 25% off Scribbled Folk Symphonies, when using code HEADFIAMBER on HDtracks

"Amber Rubarth's delicate brand of folk is as haunting as it is exhilarating." - Purevolume

"Critics and fans can’t get enough of her truly unique interpretation of the folk genre." - Elmore Magazine

 
Backed by a string section that includes world renowned Cellist, Dave Eggar, Amber Rubarth returns for her new Chesky album
 
to follow up her successful, Sessions from the 17^th Ward. Scribbled Folk Symphonies features a combination of original tunes and unique takes on classic songs, such as a haunting rendition of R.E.M’s “Losing My Religion”. Whether you’ve followed her journey from the beginning, or simply get pulled in by her unique interpretation of the classic songs on this album, you’ll be pleasantly surprised by what’s inside.
 
Amber Rubarth has toured extensively throughout the US, Europe and Japan including appearances at Carnegie Hall and the Lincoln Center, opening tours for many legendary artists including Emmylou Harris, Kenny Loggins, Marc Cohn, Richie Havens and Loudon Wainwright III. Grand Prize Winner of NPR's Mountain Stage New Song Award, Rubarth has garnered attention for her insightful songwriting and unique musicality, attracting praise from The Huffington Post, BBC Radio and NPR. "She has developed a unique gift of knocking down walls with songs so strong they sound like classics from another era." - Acoustic Guitar Magazine
 
Part of the Chesky Binaural + Series, all recorded with a single microphone, the band appears right before you with this spacious, lush and multi-dimensional recording. Now headphone users will hear the same three-dimensional sound and imaging as audiophiles have for the past 25 years with Chesky Recordings. Also these new Binaural+ Series albums capture even more spatial realism for the home audiophile market, bringing you one step closer to the actual event. You will hear some of the most natural and pure cool music ever recorded.
 
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Click here to sign up for the Chesky Newsletter

If it sounds as good as the first album did, we're in for a treat.

 

[ezekiel77]

Oh my.
Instant buy.

 

[Soundsgoodtome]

I just bought 3 jazz albums and 3 Santana albums from HDtracks yesterday. They're taking my moneys!!

 

[echineko]

Oh my.
Instant buy.

I know, right

 

[Wyrdrune]

Head-Fi users get 25% off Scribbled Folk Symphonies, when using code HEADFIAMBER on HDtracks

Part of the Chesky Binaural + Series, all recorded with a single microphone, the band appears right before you with this spacious, lush and multi-dimensional recording. N

I'm a little confused by the above, I thought the whole point of Binaural was that it was recorded using a dummy head with two microphones (one per ear), have I misunderstood something?

Edit: Actually, I've just realised that they probably just mean "a single dummy head, with 2 microphones" as opposed to one mic per instrument/vocalist, as with most studio recordings.

 

[Chesky Records]

One microphone; two capsules (left and right ear).

 

[Youth]

Is it possible to get some DR numbers? 

 

[Soundsgoodtome]

Albums dynamic range is 12db: (click to enlarge pic)
This is my first time using this plugin, I'm trying to figure out if this is an average dynamic range or maximum dynamic range. I believe it's average. You can individually scan each file and minimum DR is 10.


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Is it possible to get some DR numbers? 

 

[Soundsgoodtome]

This album has the same beautiful sonics as the last album, but musically much better imo. This is a no brainer headphone reference album no doubt and if you liked 16th ward you'll really enjoy this.

Added bonus..explicit lyrics in an audiophile track. First I heard it lol

 

[Youth]

Another casualty of the loudness war. And since I don't support the loudness war I won't be buying this album sadly.
 
Thanks for the information 

 

 

[glassmonkey]

  Another casualty of the loudness war. And since I don't support the loudness war I won't be buying this album sadly.
 
Thanks for the information 

 

There are a crap-ton of DR10 albums that sound amazing. There's a ton of great Miles Davis SACD stuff that is in that range, lots of Rolling Stones SACD (I'm aware that SACD not always from best master). There are also high dynamic range albums that don't sound fantastic. In general, low DR isn't great for music, but it doesn't mean that all albums with a DR10 should be avoided. I wouldn't deny yourself some great listening with an idealogue position that isn't supported by observation of the specific album at hand.
 
In the case of this album, it has an average of DR12, which is better than 90% of albums produced in the last 20 years. Unless you plan on just listening to early 80s CDs, jazz, classical, and small label audiophile recordings, a DR12 cut-off for purchase eliminates far too much fantastic music.

 

[Soundsgoodtome]

Huh? I can assure you this isn't a loudness war casualty. The range 10-17 is decent I thought, more than 20 could be bad as well as less than 8 (like Adele 21).

The music contained doesn't have a lot of instruments which could be the reason for the DR. (Someone correct me if this train of thought is incorrect). With less instruments you're not going to want one instrument to be too far from the next in terms of loudness.

Another casualty of the loudness war. And since I don't support the loudness war I won't be buying this album sadly.

Thanks for the information