I had a disc I'd use whenever auditioning anything. Not entirely sure of the reasons for each track now as it must be circa 25 yrs old but after being away from my audio for a while I'll be revisiting it soon.
Blue Aeroplanes - My Hurricane
Manic Street Preachers - Australia
Texas - Tired of Being Alone
Robert Cray - That's What I'll do
Hawkwind - World of Tiers
Crash Test Dummies - How Does A Duck Know?
Alanis Morissette - Right Through You
Joe Satriani - Summer Song
Jan Akkerman - Pietons
Living Colour - Love Rears it's Ugly Head
Pink Floyd - Money
Joan Armatrading - Me Myself I
Bread - Guitar Man
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under The Bridge
REM - Drive
Jamiroquai - Cosmic Girl
Dire Straits - Southbound Again
Tracey Chapman - Material World
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Two male vocal songs that I like:
Johnny Cash - Hurt
Disturbed - Sound of Silence Cover.Leave a comment:
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Another Day of Sun from the La La Land (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
Pretty incredible dynamics, I think Emma Stone's soft vocals are actually a plus here.
FWIW, this track is the exact opposite of girl+guitar type stuff.Leave a comment:
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The Band Up on Cripple Creek, from 'The Band':
Sam Brown, Box from 'Box':
Great bass and drum sounds on these tracks, well recorded, and hard to reproduce well. Box has a combination of bass drum and bass which will really test your woofer's Xmax. Plus it's a great song anyway from a much under-rated singer/songwriter.
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I do not understand why Spotify does not have the entire Telarc catalog.Leave a comment:
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Agreed great track! Just picked this up, wow! Extremely dynamic and challenging, big speakers love this:Also, for demoing speakers and having some fun, I like: Artist: Martin Garrix Track: Animals. This track starts off with about 10-20 seconds of compressed crap that will make the greatest speakers in the world sound like a clock radio. You can nod your head in excitement to whomever you're demoing your system to, as if you think this clock-radio sound is fantastic. And before you know it, the bass is there and if you have things loud enough and if the listener isn't familiar with this track, you may startle them a little.
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Artist: Dominic Miller
Album: Fourth Wall
Track: London Paris Cardiff
Interesting track with some occasional interesting bass.
Also, for demoing speakers and having some fun, I like:
Artist: Martin Garrix
Track: Animals.
This track starts off with about 10-20 seconds of compressed crap that will make the greatest speakers in the world sound like a clock radio. You can nod your head in excitement to whomever you're demoing your system to, as if you think this clock-radio sound is fantastic. And before you know it, the bass is there and if you have things loud enough and if the listener isn't familiar with this track, you may startle them a little.Leave a comment:
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Not a 'test track' as such, but the new 50th Anniversary Sergeant Pepper's...has marvellous sound which will certainly test the quality of your speakers. The drums and bass are mixed a bit higher, but the clarity of the new mix by Giles Martin (George Martin's son) is a real surprise. Penny Land and Strawberry fields have been added to an extra disc, also in new mixes.
What an album!
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Jackson Browne - Lives in the balance
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If you're looking for some really great female vocals, electronic/instrumental, and a good bass line check out Marian Hill.
In particular:
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- One Time off of the Sway album
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For vocals:
Nina Simone - My Man's Gone Now
Rebecca Pigeon - Spanish Harlem
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna
Instruments and overall 'fidelity':
Steely Dan - Aja
Miguel de Bastide - Mori Sonando (flamenco)
Cincinnati Pops - El Cid: Fanfare and Entry of Nobles
Coltrane - Blue Train
Groove/Chill Factor
Grateful Dead - Friend of the Devil
Rush - Tom Sawyer
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For me in no specific order and this is a few only but I like these to evaluate speakers...
Natalie Merchant - I may know the word.
Bela Fleck - Flight of the cosmic hippo
Daft punk - Instant crush
Elsiane - Mend
Hadouk Trio - Suave corridor
Infected Mushroom - Elation Station
Deadmau5 - Right this second
Malia Boris Blank - Embraceable moon
Philip glass - religeion
Michael Murray - Back - Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Amandine Beyer - Vivaldi - Four Seasons
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Originally posted by Kevin K. View Post
Thanks Matt, the Chris Jones song is among one of my favorites now. Here's a couple from a group that seems to be up and coming, Kaleo. Although the first song isn't new it will be featured in the "Logan" movie coming out next month. They like to record live in unusual places but it's cool. Most of these videos have about a 1 minute or so intro before the song starts.
Thanks for sharing this Kevin! We went to Iceland last year and really enjoyed our trip. We went to the lake where that video was filmed on the iceberg. Iceland has an incredible music scene and I wish we had a chance to spend some more time in Reykjavik checking out some of the great music venues. It is a really amazing place in so many ways - I can't wait to go back!Leave a comment:
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I really like this group. unique sound, in a good way.Originally posted by Kevin K. View Post
Thanks Matt, the Chris Jones song is among one of my favorites now. Here's a couple from a group that seems to be up and coming, Kaleo. Although the first song isn't new it will be featured in the "Logan" movie coming out next month. They like to record live in unusual places but it's cool. Most of these videos have about a 1 minute or so intro before the song starts.
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