Favourite CD's for sound staging, imaging, etc.
0 Watt CAFz'r
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 3
I like a couple of CD's that I try to use religiously,
Eagles-Hell Freezes Over
Focal Test Disks
Bach- I can't remember the information but it was some stuff done from various orchastras'(sp?) around the world.
Chillout Session 2- Mix of everything from low bass notes to shreiking highs. Good for finding systems that lack punch
Amanda Marshall- Amanda Marshall(Mix of acoustic guitar and Low Kickers on tracks like Exit to Eden will reveal poorly tuned systems quickly as they'll break apart when the track gets absurdly loud. Great for imaging/staging too.
Tons more but that's a few I can think of right now
Eagles-Hell Freezes Over
Focal Test Disks
Bach- I can't remember the information but it was some stuff done from various orchastras'(sp?) around the world.
Chillout Session 2- Mix of everything from low bass notes to shreiking highs. Good for finding systems that lack punch
Amanda Marshall- Amanda Marshall(Mix of acoustic guitar and Low Kickers on tracks like Exit to Eden will reveal poorly tuned systems quickly as they'll break apart when the track gets absurdly loud. Great for imaging/staging too.
Tons more but that's a few I can think of right now
Yankee
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 3,599
* Discs I use for stereo auditions identified by *
they image, have dynamics, pace and rhythm, usually a bass slap or two
* Seal his first two albums (complex bass in 2nd album)
* 10,000 maniacs MTV unplugged
*For the Masses- a Depeche Mode tribute album
The Clash-Super Black Market Clash
ABC- UP
Laurie Anderson
Brian Ferry- Taxi
Grosse Pointe Blank soundtrack
*Millennium Funk Party (wait that’s not good sound staging or recording of imaging...who cares its great FUNK)
Junior Brown- Semi Crazy
*Frankie Goes to Hollywood- Welcome to the Pleasure dome
Garbage
The Gibson Brothers- all the Hay Hollers
*Neil Young- After the Gold Rush
Muddy Watters- Goodbye Newport Blues
*The Nylons- One Size fits all (Martin Logans love this disc)
Empire Brass
Canadian Brass
Harry Connick Jr Trio- Lofty's Roach Souffle
Many Louis Armstrong albums are great
Russian Romances- Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Phillips)
*Lieder of Schumann and Brahms- Dorian recording
The virtuoso Johann Strauss- Dorian Discovery
Franz Liszt- (Delos) Sonata in A
Any Chandos classical (Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky)
*Copland- Appalachian Spring on Reference Recordings
*Wagner- Flying Dutchman Overture (Chesky Records)
*USACi disc
Stereophile test discs for system setup and pink noise
they image, have dynamics, pace and rhythm, usually a bass slap or two
* Seal his first two albums (complex bass in 2nd album)
* 10,000 maniacs MTV unplugged
*For the Masses- a Depeche Mode tribute album
The Clash-Super Black Market Clash
ABC- UP
Laurie Anderson
Brian Ferry- Taxi
Grosse Pointe Blank soundtrack
*Millennium Funk Party (wait that’s not good sound staging or recording of imaging...who cares its great FUNK)
Junior Brown- Semi Crazy
*Frankie Goes to Hollywood- Welcome to the Pleasure dome
Garbage
The Gibson Brothers- all the Hay Hollers
*Neil Young- After the Gold Rush
Muddy Watters- Goodbye Newport Blues
*The Nylons- One Size fits all (Martin Logans love this disc)
Empire Brass
Canadian Brass
Harry Connick Jr Trio- Lofty's Roach Souffle
Many Louis Armstrong albums are great
Russian Romances- Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Phillips)
*Lieder of Schumann and Brahms- Dorian recording
The virtuoso Johann Strauss- Dorian Discovery
Franz Liszt- (Delos) Sonata in A
Any Chandos classical (Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky)
*Copland- Appalachian Spring on Reference Recordings
*Wagner- Flying Dutchman Overture (Chesky Records)
*USACi disc
Stereophile test discs for system setup and pink noise
0 Watt CAFz'r
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 9
For tuning and front stage aiming I like the IASCA and Autosound CD's (especially the 7 drums).
For listening it is between jazz, classical, techno, and/or drum and bass (technical speaker hurting music). Currently listen to a lot of older NIN, Lion King, and experimental drum and bass (it is amazing how much imaging their is in the midbass frequency range - I've been aiming my mids forever).
For listening it is between jazz, classical, techno, and/or drum and bass (technical speaker hurting music). Currently listen to a lot of older NIN, Lion King, and experimental drum and bass (it is amazing how much imaging their is in the midbass frequency range - I've been aiming my mids forever).
500 Watt CAFz'r
Joined: May 2000
Posts: 871
CD Title: Al Di Meola, THE GRANDE PASSION.
Label: TELARC.
Al Di Meola is an Italian living in New Jersey who is well known for his guitar playing. He has won many awards for his remarkable guitar playing.
He has worked and recorded with the following great musicians: Chick Corea, Luciano Pavarotti, Carlos Santana, Paco De Lucia, Paul Simon, Phil Collins, John McLaughlin, Larry Coryell, Steve Winwood, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hanc0ck, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Jaco Pastorious, Les Paul, Jean Luc Ponty, Steve Vai, Frank Zappa, Milton Naciemento, Egberto Gismonti, Jimmy Page, Tony Williams, Stanley Clarke, Irakere, and Stevie Wonder.
The music on this cd can best be described as a combination of classical, baroque, and jazz. Members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra are helping out on this cd.
Beautifully recorded with lots of small inner details which can be heard if you have a very good sq system.
[ December 16, 2003, 10:55 AM: Message edited by: Keith ]
Label: TELARC.
Al Di Meola is an Italian living in New Jersey who is well known for his guitar playing. He has won many awards for his remarkable guitar playing.
He has worked and recorded with the following great musicians: Chick Corea, Luciano Pavarotti, Carlos Santana, Paco De Lucia, Paul Simon, Phil Collins, John McLaughlin, Larry Coryell, Steve Winwood, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hanc0ck, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Jaco Pastorious, Les Paul, Jean Luc Ponty, Steve Vai, Frank Zappa, Milton Naciemento, Egberto Gismonti, Jimmy Page, Tony Williams, Stanley Clarke, Irakere, and Stevie Wonder.
The music on this cd can best be described as a combination of classical, baroque, and jazz. Members of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra are helping out on this cd.
Beautifully recorded with lots of small inner details which can be heard if you have a very good sq system.
[ December 16, 2003, 10:55 AM: Message edited by: Keith ]
1000 Watt CAFz'r
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,783
I use M.J. too. I'm not really into all of his stuff musically, but dynamically I find it hard to match. If you were to see the digital output from the cd graphed, you'd see it using just about ALL of the available headroom below 100 hz.
Providing you have the power, it can absolutely kick you in the chest. Ironically the first "killer" system that I heard was playing M.J. "Jam". My tastes in music are much more sophisticated than just pop, (I listen to most of what Keith posts) but for kicks M.J. can be fun.
Adam
Providing you have the power, it can absolutely kick you in the chest. Ironically the first "killer" system that I heard was playing M.J. "Jam". My tastes in music are much more sophisticated than just pop, (I listen to most of what Keith posts) but for kicks M.J. can be fun.
Adam
