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Get Off My Lawn |
My go-to reference album for demonstrating the nuances of my soundsystem is a vinyl copy of Ry Cooder's Jazz album. It literally sounds like a live performance of acoustic guitar and voice in my listening room. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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Raised Hands Surround Us Three Nails To Protect Us |
The Crystal Method - Starting Over is always my 1st demo track. (I have the DVD Audio disc with DTS). Absolutely immersed in sound when it is on. Link to original video: https://youtu.be/RxUMCpm4bBg ———————————————— 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! | |||
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THE SIGGUY |
1812 Overture. Flight of the Valkerie. Star Wars theme of Darth Vader. You have to listen for solid bass, good mid range and treble without crackling or popping. -------------------------------------------------------2/28/2015 ~ Rest in peace Dad. Lt Commander E.G.E. USN Love you. | |||
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Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. |
To show off a system’s true high fidelity the music source should be a quality classical or jazz recording from a label like Telarc (now Concord). Pop music is produced and mixed to sound good on anything. Ever see pictures of a studio? Next to the state-of-the-art monitors and soundboard you’ll notice small cheap speakers. That’s so the final mix of a pop/rock/rap recording will sound good on cheap home stereos, cars, and boom boxes. | |||
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The Unmanned Writer |
These are also excellent suggestions. the 1812 with real cannons (I have a vinyl version with a warning about possible speaker damage due to the real cannons being recorded.) Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it. "If dogs don't go to Heaven, I want to go where they go" Will Rogers The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own... | |||
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This is what I was going to recommend as a single piece.
This is also a good idea. Voice is one of the hardest things to reproduce accurately, I believe; as is piano. If you know exactly what the original sounds like, you will be able to determine nuances that shade toward or away from accuracy to the original sound. Now that age has dampened my high-frequency response which is so much a part of hearing the harmonics that make up a complex tone, I can no longer hear the "sheen" of violins as I used to.
Perhaps. But true "studio monitors" at least from the time I was following this were usually extremely accurate, neutral speakers, and to standardize from one studio to the next--at least in the UK--the BBC had a speaker called the LS3/5A, made by Rogers, Goodman, Chartwell (IIRC) and others, built to exacting specifications so it would sound exactly the same from one studio to another. I have an old pair of those from the 80's, and in demo'ing it to my (amateur musician) wife she and I thought it blew away the speakers we had been using (Dynaco's). _________________________ “Remember, remember the fifth of November!" | |||
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Get Off My Lawn |
A former boss had a pair of the Rogers and they were excellent speakers. And you're correct, the world class studios used expensive studio monitors, that minimized "coloring" the sound. Accurate, unforgiving studio monitors made by companies like Quested are pricey, extremely durable, and really nothing like home consumer speakers. Abbey Road used B&W 801 monitors for years, I would love a pair. "I’m not going to read Time Magazine, I’m not going to read Newsweek, I’m not going to read any of these magazines; I mean, because they have too much to lose by printing the truth"- Bob Dylan, 1965 | |||
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Leave the gun. Take the cannoli. |
^^^^^ The point I was trying to make is in ADDITION to the studio monitors you will also see the cheap speakers. The cheapies are there to monitor or hear what a pop song will sound like on low-end consumer speakers. Love 801s. | |||
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Eschew Obfuscation |
Lots of good suggestions so far. While it won't cover the audio spectrum, Pink Floyd's 'Welcome to the Machine' will give your bass a good workout. _____________________________________________________________________ “One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.” – Thomas Sowell | |||
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First tune I thought of that would work is Also sprach Zarathustra (2001 Space Odyssey) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VxLacN2Dp6A | |||
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What about Edgar Winter: Frankenstein | |||
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Partial dichotomy |
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Like a party in your pants |
My go to list is: MFSL album - Crime of the Century -Supertramp MFSL album - Dark Side of the Mood - Pink Floyd Super audio CD -Dark Side of the Moon. Album - Brothers in Arms - Dire Straits Album - Hell freezes over - Eagles Any song on any of these recordings works. | |||
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Take the risk or lose the chance |
Three Lock Box - Sammy Hagar The title song. I've used this album to sell high-end audio equipment for years. ---------------------------------------- “The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it.” | |||
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