Va - Xlo - Reference Recordings- Test - Burn-in Cd -special 24k Gold- -1995- Flac (2024)

The premise was simple: to create a definitive tool for evaluating audio systems and "burning in" components. XLO, being a cable company, had a vested interest in demonstrating that cables (and components) change their sonic character over time as signals pass through them. This CD was the delivery mechanism for that philosophy.

Before understanding the disc, one must understand the collaboration. (known for high-end cables and test records) partnered with Reference Recordings —the label founded by Keith O. Johnson and Tam Henderson. Reference Recordings was already legendary for its "Prof. Johnson" recordings, which discarded industry norms like compression and equalization in favor of direct, transparent captures. The premise was simple: to create a definitive