Tundra is getting a complete sound system overhaul. What songs to really show off what it can do??
Can't go wrong with AC/DC Thunderstruck.
December 21, 2021, 10:58 AM
Rey HRH
If you want to show off your sound system: Phantom of the Opera CD
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
Led Zeppelin, Houses Of The Holy, especially the opening riff.
-------------------------------------—————— ————————--Ignorance is a powerful tool if applied at the right time, even, usually, surpassing knowledge(E.J.Potter, A.K.A. The Michigan Madman)
Funny, “Oh Yeah” had popped in my head while reading the previous posts. If that’s nice and clean, low end is handled.
Factoid: That track wasn't part of the original album's release. It was added, after the fact and displacing another track, on the album's U.S. release when Oh Yeah took off after Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
For a low-end-handling test it's really hard to beat Enya's Watermark
For clean sound that can really make a sound system shine: Fleetwood Mac's second eponymous album, Fleetwood Mac, aka: "The White Album" (World Turning is a good low-end test), Chicago's Chicago VI (midrange, particularly good for revealing brassiness), Boston's eponymous album, their first, Boston (mostly a good midrange and high-end test--Boston should never sound "screechy," but it will on a system with poor high-end).
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher
December 21, 2021, 12:32 PM
armored
Dire Straits - "Money for Nothing"
December 21, 2021, 12:56 PM
SBrooks
nice thread.
I had about 20 of these songs already on my phone, so I've made a playlist of them to play when in different cars or when testing systems and such. Some are good quality files, others I'm not sure about, but it should still be fun. Makes for an interesting mixture in a playlist...
gracias
------------------ SBrooks
December 21, 2021, 02:32 PM
Voshterkoff
You need to wear it in with a proper bass tape.
December 21, 2021, 02:46 PM
RichardC
Slim Whitman "Indian Love Call"
December 21, 2021, 03:15 PM
BGULL
Thus Spake Zarathustra any orchestral version or the move soundtrack from 2001 Space Odyssey.
Ride of the Valkyries
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream/Clapton
Bill Gullette
December 21, 2021, 03:23 PM
smschulz
I could go on and on what tune to play as there are plenty of good ones out there. Just play your favorites. Getting in my truck with some good tunes is a joy of mine too.
Memories of having the windows down while exceeding the speed limit by a good 40mph with the above blaring....in Jan ....in NW PA...not smart but sooo awesome
December 21, 2021, 04:38 PM
dewhorse
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Originally posted by smschulz: I could go on and on what tune to play as there are plenty of good ones out there. Just play your favorites. Getting in my truck with some good tunes is a joy of mine too.
Mine as well....it's how I relax....can't drive angry and when driving...shall we say in a spirited manor you can only pay attention to the road.....my Zen
December 21, 2021, 04:56 PM
Black92LX
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Originally posted by Beancooker:
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Originally posted by parabellum: Oh, to be young again.
I was thinking the same thing. Then I realized that Jeremy is only a few years younger than I am. What made me feel old, is that I let myself. I used to always say “age is just a number”. I need to remind myself that there are guys like V-Tail who are almost twice my age and probably more active than I am.
Oh, to be of the age I can do things without the aches and pains…
As far as music, Beachcoma and Finished Symphony by Hybrid. They’re a Welch electronic group that worked with the Russian Federal Orchestra and made some cool music.
Descending by Tool
If you can stream from your phone, play this. It’s got some good highs and lows. It’s also an incredible piece of music. https://youtu.be/GBaHPND2QJg
Thing is the side gig is not only to make a little scratch on the side but dipping my toes into retirement waters!
———————————————— The world's not perfect, but it's not that bad. If we got each other, and that's all we have. I will be your brother, and I'll hold your hand. You should know I'll be there for you!
December 21, 2021, 05:02 PM
ArtieS
"Badge" live from Eric Clapton, 24 Nights. Listen to the transition at 1:44, turn it up, and see if the system replicates the tonality and then hard hit of the drum entry. Very good test of a system. Can it go from quiet harmonics to a solid crash transition without clipping.
"I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation."
Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II.
December 21, 2021, 05:10 PM
ArtieS
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Originally posted by jbourneidentity: ... Rush: Temples of Syrinx (2112 album - TRUST ME ON THIS ONE).
Oh, yeah, that too.
"I vowed to myself to fight against evil more completely and more wholeheartedly than I ever did before. . . . That’s the only way to pay back part of that vast debt, to live up to and try to fulfill that tremendous obligation."
Alfred Hornik, Sunday, December 2, 1945 to his family, on his continuing duty to others for surviving WW II.
December 21, 2021, 05:29 PM
flashguy
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Originally posted by RichardC: Slim Whitman "Indian Love Call"
AAck! Aack!
flashguy
Texan by choice, not accident of birth
December 21, 2021, 05:40 PM
mrw
Jefferson Starship - Find your way back
Drive up on the highway then crank BTO Let it roll down the highway!
