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What one song do you use to demonstrate the fidelity, quality, and capability of an audio system, stereo, Hi Fi system, etc? What one song clearly sounds best only on good systems? Can be of any genre of music. Oh, I'm thinking CD might be the best quality, but are there decent download sources for the demo song for a few bucks? . | ||
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It's an old source, but just about anything from Jerry Goldsmith's Star Trek: The Motion Picture score, especially anything that features the Blaster Beam. | |||
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Hotel California from the Eagles Hell Freezes Over Live version. One of the absolute best for a demo even if you do not like the Eagles. | |||
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Symphony Number Three in C Sharp Minor (the “Organ Symphony”) by Camille Saint-Sans. Especially the last part where the organ comes in. ___________________________________________________________________________ "....imitate the action of the Tiger." | |||
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Deep Purple and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra: Concerto For Group and Orchestra. If you're goin' through hell, keep on going. Don't slow down. If you're scared don't show it. You might get out before the devil even knows you're there. NRA ENDOWMENT LIFE MEMBER | |||
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Paint it black Hotel california Holy diver Sweet home alabama | |||
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I would want to hear something from an older jazz album, a Charlie Parker or Miles Davis track maybe, and then something from the 70's classic rock era - think a side from Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon or Zeppelin's Presence. And then I have lots of oddball outliers - the opening track of Mick Jagger's solo album Primitive Cool is a song called "Throwaway," which just rocks when played on a powerful system. Regardless of your song choice, digital formats are not optimal for testing high end sound systems because they don't capture the entire sound wave. You want an analog recording (vinyl) to really hear a rich, accurate, lossless sound. | |||
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To test the bass, The Chain by Fleetwood Mac. For the rest, The Nutcracker. Jim ________________________ "If you can't be a good example, then you'll have to be a horrible warning" -Catherine Aird | |||
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Agreed. Sources one of my best friends and I used to use, back in the day: Fleetwood Mac's self-titled album Fleetwood Mac and Chicago's Chicago VI. "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 | |||
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I have that DVD. The 5.1 version is pretty incredible. I wonder if they’d ever be able to pull an HD or uncompressed audio track from the source. Edit - I’m not sure which DVD I have. I’ll have to go check. Edit2 - Yes it’s the tan Hell Freezes Over. “The urge to save humanity is almost always only a false-face for the urge to rule it.”—H.L. Mencken | |||
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Haven't bought any gear in a long time, but I always made sure to run the THX sound effect through anything I was considering. | |||
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do you have one of these? http://www.orangedove.net/real...equalizer-n4192.html I say anything Beatle'sThis message has been edited. Last edited by: bendable, Safety, Situational Awareness and proficiency. Neck Ties, Hats and ammo brass, Never ,ever touch'em w/o asking first | |||
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While it won't cover all the sound spectrum, i love to hear Cannonball Adderley Somerthing Else album. The piano could be better but the sax and trumpet will blow you away. 0-0 "OP is a troll" - Flashlightboy, 12/18/20 | |||
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I haven't really considered myself an audiophile in years, but I did in my younger days, and I found that everyone was so worried about base that they forgot about the higher frequencies, and they would often distort badly, especially at higher volumes. I don't know if this CD is still available, but the opening sequence gives a petty good full spectrum workout. It's also one of the better synthesizer albums if you are into that genre of music. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCa_5-Hy51w ------------------------------ "They who would give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin "So this is how liberty dies; with thunderous applause." - Senator Amidala (Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith) | |||
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Take 5, Brubeck something disco(ish) from Goldfrapp, maybe some obscure Numan or similar for some synth and bass lines? https://chandlersfirearms.com/chesterfield-armament/ | |||
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Hey, if ya gonna reference it, give us a link! Eagles Hotel California Hell Freezes over | |||
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1812 Overture. Cannon shots test bass response very well. | |||
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Well, I didn’t think a super compressed online video would do it justice. Even an iTunes copy would be cleaner. | |||
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