looking for the best music for testing
looking for the best music for testing
06-01-2006, 12:34 PM
#5
500 Watt CAFz'r
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 956
Originally Posted by boombox
i might listen to country , NOT but there is no best because everyone listens to different music , why dont u try Mozart or Betovin , crap i cant spell but that type of orchastra can give u the full deal
06-01-2006, 12:48 PM
#6
I'm assuming you're asking; What's the cleanest type of music to make your system sound as good as possible? If that's the case, then I suggest you look for some telarc pure digital recordings(usually classical stuff though), lots of good jazz recordings sound great, even if you don't necessarily like jazz. A few I like, that sound great, and everyone I know loves to listen to are:
Sade- greatest hits, lots of clean kick drums, nice bass, and sparkling highs.
Simply Red- greatest hits, same as above
Alpine test disc circa 1992- great tunes, and very clean
Fleetwood Mac-greatest hits, same as above, really clear mids and vocals.
level 42- remixes, fat sound, clear, good vocals
Maroon 5- fat, big sound,
Kid rock- just a good sounding rock/rap artist, without too much noise.
Lots of Old School R&B sounds great with nice fat bass, and crispy highs. If you like it, then look for Freddie Jackson, Michael J ofcourse, Atlantic Star etc...
Whatever you like, there's usually quite a few well engineered cd's available.
Though I love the song, I think "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins, is a horribly engineered song, that sounds terrible on every system I've ever heard. It's definitely not one I would use to show off my system. Anyway, check some of those out if you like.
Sade- greatest hits, lots of clean kick drums, nice bass, and sparkling highs.
Simply Red- greatest hits, same as above
Alpine test disc circa 1992- great tunes, and very clean
Fleetwood Mac-greatest hits, same as above, really clear mids and vocals.
level 42- remixes, fat sound, clear, good vocals
Maroon 5- fat, big sound,
Kid rock- just a good sounding rock/rap artist, without too much noise.
Lots of Old School R&B sounds great with nice fat bass, and crispy highs. If you like it, then look for Freddie Jackson, Michael J ofcourse, Atlantic Star etc...
Whatever you like, there's usually quite a few well engineered cd's available.
Though I love the song, I think "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins, is a horribly engineered song, that sounds terrible on every system I've ever heard. It's definitely not one I would use to show off my system. Anyway, check some of those out if you like.
06-15-2006, 10:22 PM
#8
Stuff I like to tune with:
Album/Track--------------Artist
Brothers in Arms..............Dire Straits
Just came Back...............Collin James
Vegas/High Roller.............The Crystal Method
Vogue............................Madonna
Thriller...........................Mikey J
Tweekend/PHD................The Crystal Method
Enter Sandman................Metallica
A Travel in Time...............Trance Control
My Head's in Mississippi...*******Z Top
Low Rider........................War
By the time I run all of these thru a couple of times, I am pretty close to done with setup issues. There are more, I have 139 tracks on an MP3 disc that I use every time I finish getting things wired up.
HTH
Album/Track--------------Artist
Brothers in Arms..............Dire Straits
Just came Back...............Collin James
Vegas/High Roller.............The Crystal Method
Vogue............................Madonna
Thriller...........................Mikey J
Tweekend/PHD................The Crystal Method
Enter Sandman................Metallica
A Travel in Time...............Trance Control
My Head's in Mississippi...*******Z Top
Low Rider........................War
By the time I run all of these thru a couple of times, I am pretty close to done with setup issues. There are more, I have 139 tracks on an MP3 disc that I use every time I finish getting things wired up.
HTH
