Built a new amp .. attached it to new planar speakers. ... Listened to the usual suspects, then discovered an old copy of Muddy Waters "Folksinger" on DVD-Audio disc. ... Now Thats a great test song / album. 24bit 96K stereo and a benchmark conversion / remastering of a very good studio recording ... A very young Buddy Guy as rhythm guitar = he was very good even then. 😎
The best music to use is stuff you really know.
take 5 (d Brubeck )- great stage and air, could have been recorded with 1 stereo mic, feels like your in the room with them
Afraid of Americans (the version By Nine inch nails with Bowie)- great low end (like most of Reznors stuff)
Take to the Sky (Tori Amos)- Great piano and vocal sound and pop with dynamics
Take California ( Porpeller heads)- Punchy dance music, great production
Any movie Randy Thom has won an acadamy award for (theres a lot) My personal favorite is The Incredibles (and the movie is alot of fun,not just for kids)
The transformers movie- lots of stuff blowin up and great vehicle sounds (the camero rattles windows)
Saving Prvate Ryan- the best real war sounds ever movie
Star wars (the first new one)- the pod race rattles neighbours windows and uses your surrounds like no other (they mixed this 20 min race for 3 Months, and you can tell) No music for 10 mins lets the sound FX take centre stage.
Could go on and on!
take 5 (d Brubeck )- great stage and air, could have been recorded with 1 stereo mic, feels like your in the room with them
Afraid of Americans (the version By Nine inch nails with Bowie)- great low end (like most of Reznors stuff)
Take to the Sky (Tori Amos)- Great piano and vocal sound and pop with dynamics
Take California ( Porpeller heads)- Punchy dance music, great production
Any movie Randy Thom has won an acadamy award for (theres a lot) My personal favorite is The Incredibles (and the movie is alot of fun,not just for kids)
The transformers movie- lots of stuff blowin up and great vehicle sounds (the camero rattles windows)
Saving Prvate Ryan- the best real war sounds ever movie
Star wars (the first new one)- the pod race rattles neighbours windows and uses your surrounds like no other (they mixed this 20 min race for 3 Months, and you can tell) No music for 10 mins lets the sound FX take centre stage.
Could go on and on!
Sorry forgot to mention the Star wars music in that movie, beutifully recorded 140 piece orchestra (Probably a music budget in the millions)
One more thing, for movies If it has DTS switch to it, it does sound better. (Can hardly wait to get a decoder for the HD audio (lossless) off the bluray.
cbdb said:
Yes!
Also stuff that they've always hated. Good, well recorded music that they have always hated. Tends to mess with them 😉
Re: Promise not to laugh....
But it says more about the genius engineer that recorded it than Enya!
I just downloaded it and I must say Orinoco Flow sounds absolutely fantastic.TubeHead Johnny said:
But it says more about the genius engineer that recorded it than Enya!
I have a couple test discs, but I love playing Mars, The Bringer of War, by Holst, or Muse Breaks, by Infected Mushroom on their I'm The Supervisor album. 😎
- Adam
- Adam
Muddy's good condition vinyls and high res DVD's are all worth big bucks ( DVD-A disc > US$100 per )= hold your Waters = '60's Chicago Blues & Folk will rise again ... 😎
FYI: That is a very young Buddy Guy in the backup & occasional lead guitar on "Folk Singer" = 😎 😎
FYI: That is a very young Buddy Guy in the backup & occasional lead guitar on "Folk Singer" = 😎 😎
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax
(I love the syths/bass)
BT - Satellite
(test for depth and clarity)
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity & Canned Heat
Tangerine Dream - Love on a Real Train
(specifically this remix: http://www.aeap.se/music/tangerine.mp3)
Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
Radiohead - Everything is in it's Right Place
Amorphous Androgynous - The World is Full of Plankton
(this is hard to find, but is amazing)
En Vogue - Free Your Mind
-I love early 90's R&B and pop & stuff.. it seems like that is when CD mastering came into it's own and there's a lot of "Pure Sound" on albums from that time period - like En Vogue's albums.
(I love the syths/bass)
BT - Satellite
(test for depth and clarity)
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity & Canned Heat
Tangerine Dream - Love on a Real Train
(specifically this remix: http://www.aeap.se/music/tangerine.mp3)
Yes - Owner of a Lonely Heart
Radiohead - Everything is in it's Right Place
Amorphous Androgynous - The World is Full of Plankton
(this is hard to find, but is amazing)
En Vogue - Free Your Mind
-I love early 90's R&B and pop & stuff.. it seems like that is when CD mastering came into it's own and there's a lot of "Pure Sound" on albums from that time period - like En Vogue's albums.
I took a friend of mine to daddy's junky music because he wanted some decent speakers,
he was considering buying a pair of large JBL speakers but didn't like any of the Cd's they had there for a demo, so he went next door to the music store and bought Edgar Winter's Frankenstien,
I thought he was nut's, but I have to say it was an excellent choice, and yes the JBL's handled it nicely.. 😀
he was considering buying a pair of large JBL speakers but didn't like any of the Cd's they had there for a demo, so he went next door to the music store and bought Edgar Winter's Frankenstien,
I thought he was nut's, but I have to say it was an excellent choice, and yes the JBL's handled it nicely.. 😀
there are few CDs I usually carry with me, which have a solid variety and quality :
- DALI sampler CD
- VERVE Jazz Next Generation Vol.2
- CHESKY Jazz Sampler Vol.1
- PHILIPS Pure Perfect Sound of Compact Disc - 2
..and if you're looking for most neutral and natural recordings
- OPUS 3 Test CD 5
- DALI sampler CD
- VERVE Jazz Next Generation Vol.2
- CHESKY Jazz Sampler Vol.1
- PHILIPS Pure Perfect Sound of Compact Disc - 2
..and if you're looking for most neutral and natural recordings
- OPUS 3 Test CD 5
Andy Mckee- Heather's Song or Into the Ocean (both played on harp guitar)
Coldplay-Don't Panic from Parachutes(still their best album)
Damien Rice- Delicate(drivers w/low sensitivity will struggle here)
Dave Matthews live @ RR- #36 (mainly just for Carter's intro)
Eva Cassidy- Ain't no Sunshine (killer female vocal)
Feist- So Sorry (another good vocal)
Hooverphonic-Inhaler( really covers a wide frequency range)
Zeppelin-Moby Dick(for drums obviously)
Massive Attack-Angel (great bass line)
Norah Jones-Sunrise( one of the best female vocals in my collection)
Portishead-It Could Be Sweet( covers just about every area of the sound spectrum)
Radiohead- Subterranian Homesick Alien (good test for midrange)
Sarah Mclachlan-Elsewhere (yet another great female vocal)
Tool-Reflection( for Danny Carey's drums)
This is my current test disk in it's entirity.
Coldplay-Don't Panic from Parachutes(still their best album)
Damien Rice- Delicate(drivers w/low sensitivity will struggle here)
Dave Matthews live @ RR- #36 (mainly just for Carter's intro)
Eva Cassidy- Ain't no Sunshine (killer female vocal)
Feist- So Sorry (another good vocal)
Hooverphonic-Inhaler( really covers a wide frequency range)
Zeppelin-Moby Dick(for drums obviously)
Massive Attack-Angel (great bass line)
Norah Jones-Sunrise( one of the best female vocals in my collection)
Portishead-It Could Be Sweet( covers just about every area of the sound spectrum)
Radiohead- Subterranian Homesick Alien (good test for midrange)
Sarah Mclachlan-Elsewhere (yet another great female vocal)
Tool-Reflection( for Danny Carey's drums)
This is my current test disk in it's entirity.
