What are your favorite test tracks?

TundraLTD · 11th July 2011, 04:43 AM

Title says it all.

So what are your go to tracks to show off your system (cd, dvd, bluray, etc)

Dagwood · 11th July 2011, 05:03 AM

Faithless "We come one"

digits · 06:01 AM

YouTube - ‪Dire Straits - News + lyrics‬&rlm;
Dire straits - News.
Well, actualy just about anyhting off the Communique CD.

Also
Portishead - The Rip off the albumm Third.
You realy need to look at a wave plot of the track, to see how the dynamic levels are layered
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBOaLjtR4mw
At about 2:15 into the song, on a well tuned system, it is like a 3D projection is suddenly turned on, and the sound moves forward out from the speakers, the youtube track doesn't quite do it as well, or maybe its just my PC speakers...

Enya - Watermark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiFTXckh0zU
Features oodles of loud content in the 20 to sub 20Hz area, including a 19Hz note that is 6dB louder than the highest level anywhere else on the disc

Pano · 11th July 2011, 01:47 PM

We already have these threads:
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/music...ghlight=tracks
Best test tracks for imaging
test songs
http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/music...highlight=test

Maybe time to combine some of them.

TundraLTD · 11th July 2011, 01:53 PM

I did do a search before I started this thread, I guess searching doesn't work when people don't actually spell out the word ie: 'fave' or use song instead of track. My bad for not thinking out of the box

Pano · 11th July 2011, 01:55 PM

No worries! I can be hard to find these things if you haven't seen them. The forum software does an auto-suggest, but it's not always smart.

Continue to post here, I'll look into combining some of these.

frenzic · 11th July 2011, 03:12 PM

Well whenever I fiddle with my bass solutions I play Up on cripple creek by The Band. The whole album (The Band - The Band) has nicely textured bass by the way which can point you to any problems or whatever is lacking in that department. Also I use Coming in from the cold by Bob Marley from the album Uprising for the same thing. Especially the first few bars.

chris661 · 11th July 2011, 03:41 PM

Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl.

I only recently rediscovered that track. But it is rather good.

Pano · 11th July 2011, 03:49 PM

Don't just tell us the track, tell us why you use it as a test. What are you listening for?

frenzic · 11th July 2011, 03:59 PM

https://rapidshare.com/files/1469350...ple_Creek.flac
https://rapidshare.com/files/3762137..._The_Cold.flac\
These naturally are not my underscores, Rapidshare adds those.

11th July 2011, 04:43 AM	#1
TundraLTD diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2009	What are your favorite test tracks? Title says it all. So what are your go to tracks to show off your system (cd, dvd, bluray, etc)

11th July 2011, 05:03 AM	#2
Dagwood diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: North of Auckland	Faithless "We come one" __________________ If you keep digging in the garden of failure you will eventually find success

11th July 2011, 05:38 AM	#3
digits diyAudio Member Join Date: Apr 2011	YouTube - ‪Dire Straits - News + lyrics‬&rlm; Dire straits - News. Well, actualy just about anyhting off the Communique CD. Also Portishead - The Rip off the albumm Third. You realy need to look at a wave plot of the track, to see how the dynamic levels are layered http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBOaLjtR4mw At about 2:15 into the song, on a well tuned system, it is like a 3D projection is suddenly turned on, and the sound moves forward out from the speakers, the youtube track doesn't quite do it as well, or maybe its just my PC speakers... Enya - Watermark http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiFTXckh0zU Features oodles of loud content in the 20 to sub 20Hz area, including a 19Hz note that is 6dB louder than the highest level anywhere else on the disc Last edited by digits; 11th July 2011 at 06:01 AM.

11th July 2011, 03:41 PM	#8
chris661 diyAudio Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Sheffield Blog Entries: 8	Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl. I only recently rediscovered that track. But it is rather good. __________________ "Throwing parts at a failure is like throwing sponges at a rainstorm." - Enzo My setup: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/multi...tang-band.html

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11th July 2011, 01:47 PM	#4
Pano diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: North Carolina Blog Entries: 4	We already have these threads: http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/music...ghlight=tracks Best test tracks for imaging test songs http://www.diyaudio.com/forums/music...highlight=test Maybe time to combine some of them.

11th July 2011, 01:53 PM	#5
TundraLTD diyAudio Member Join Date: Dec 2009	I did do a search before I started this thread, I guess searching doesn't work when people don't actually spell out the word ie: 'fave' or use song instead of track. My bad for not thinking out of the box

11th July 2011, 01:55 PM	#6
Pano diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: North Carolina Blog Entries: 4	No worries! I can be hard to find these things if you haven't seen them. The forum software does an auto-suggest, but it's not always smart. Continue to post here, I'll look into combining some of these.

11th July 2011, 03:12 PM	#7
frenzic diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: http://www.last.fm/user/frenzicatlast	Well whenever I fiddle with my bass solutions I play Up on cripple creek by The Band. The whole album (The Band - The Band) has nicely textured bass by the way which can point you to any problems or whatever is lacking in that department. Also I use Coming in from the cold by Bob Marley from the album Uprising for the same thing. Especially the first few bars.

11th July 2011, 03:49 PM	#9
Pano diyAudio Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: North Carolina Blog Entries: 4	Don't just tell us the track, tell us why you use it as a test. What are you listening for?

11th July 2011, 03:59 PM	#10
frenzic diyAudio Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: http://www.last.fm/user/frenzicatlast	https://rapidshare.com/files/1469350...ple_Creek.flac https://rapidshare.com/files/3762137..._The_Cold.flac\ These naturally are not my underscores, Rapidshare adds those.

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