need a few speaker test tracks for bass and sparkle

[sprinter]

I need to collect some tracks suitable for comparing speakers. I've discovered Mapleshade and Reference Recordings and some very good tracks from another old thread here but I'd like to ask for suggestions specifically targeted at bass extension showing clean, tight extended bass.

I also need some tracks showing transient sparkle, whatever I mean by that, like the bells in the latter part of a good rendition of 1812, for example. Maybe even some sound effects tracks would be good in addition to music if you could suggest some sound effects tracks. High frequency extension is not important here, but the startling effect you get from sharp percussion like the bells and some other instruments, is.

Thanks

[Francec]

Yeah, it is funny how some tracks seem to be made to make speakers appear audibly different even when the speaker hasn't changed. I refer to advertisements on radio, for instance, for digital radio which "makes everything seem alive in the room with you". Same old digital clock/radio on the shelf next to the bed but it sounds different.

I'm interested in what people come up with too. I'll giv'em a whirl on my system to see what they sound like.

Frank

[Pano]

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[Francec]

Pano,
I downloaded the files (but they could not be opened). I wasn't aware they are copyrighted material. How would I know?

Frank

[StigErik]

Originally Posted by sprinter

I need to collect some tracks suitable for comparing speakers. I've discovered Mapleshade and Reference Recordings and some very good tracks from another old thread here but I'd like to ask for suggestions specifically targeted at bass extension showing clean, tight extended bass.

I also need some tracks showing transient sparkle, whatever I mean by that, like the bells in the latter part of a good rendition of 1812, for example. Maybe even some sound effects tracks would be good in addition to music if you could suggest some sound effects tracks. High frequency extension is not important here, but the startling effect you get from sharp percussion like the bells and some other instruments, is.

Thanks

Sparkle:
I cant think of any better track than "Tymperturbably Blue" from Duke Ellington - Jazz Party. It features the whole percussion section of a classical orchestra, and its great great music too. The whole album is highly recommended both musically and sonically.



Bass:
You wont find deep tight bass in anything else than electronic music, since no acoustic instruments other than church organ really produces musical notes below 30 Hz or so, and organ bass pedals never sounds "tight". Go for a Yello record, "The Eye" is a good example.

[wyomingbob]

Originally Posted by sprinter

suggestions specifically targeted at bass extension showing clean, tight extended bass.

My personal yardstick is the drum solo during the first minute of Dire Straits' "Money For Nothing."