What do you like to listen to when putting speakers to the test?

Netfly · Sep 27, 2017

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 Dr John - Goin' Back To New Orleans - 18 Goin' Back To New Orleans

Free - The Best of Free - 07 - All Right Now

Golden Earring - Moontan - 04 - Radar Love

Heart - Dreamboat Annie - 03 - Crazy On You

James Newton Howard & Friends - Sheffield Lab 'Direct from the Masters' CD-23 - #07 - E-Minor Shuffle

Lee Ritenour - Color Rit - 01 - Bahia FunkView attachment Speaker Test mp3.zip View attachment Speaker Test 2 mp3.zip

Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus - 09 - Dixie Chicken-Tripe Face Boogie

Little Feat - Hoy-Hoy! - 18 - All That You Dream

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Skynyrd's Innyrds (Greatest Hits) - 01 - Sweet Home Alabama (320)

Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager - 01 - The Voice

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (SACD Remaster) (320-S) - 06 - Money

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic - 03 - Any Major Dude Will Tell You

View attachment Speaker Test mp3.zip

View attachment Speaker Test 2 mp3.zip

What's on your list?

laatsch55 · Sep 27, 2017

Shpongle- Any album

Crystal Method---Vegas

Patricia Barber-''- Companion

Bradrock · Sep 27, 2017

Santana Abraxas

AC/DC " Highway to Hell"

EDIT: Once I get my new system up & running, some B52's on heavy vinyl will be near the top of the list. Thanks to Craig sending me to Youtube & getting enlightened!

Gepetto · Sep 27, 2017

Getz-Gilberto on SACD
Anything Alison Krauss on Rounder Records - SACD

finebar4 · Sep 27, 2017

Scorpions -- The Zoo (intro easily throws lesser drivers into audible distortion) and Coming Home (Bass Response)
Dire Straights -- Money for Nothing (Dynamic's)
Van Halen -- Eruption (Dynamics)!and Hot for Teacher (midbass attack)
Madonna -- Like a Prayer (stage, dynamics)
Pink Floyd --- Anthing---- because dammit

orange · Sep 27, 2017

HD radio stations on analog tuners, because an idiot setting the chain up can really make you worry when they jack the digital levels so high your speakers ring and scare the crap out of you.

And that's what you got when you let a Clearchannel engineer who was mainly into the AM transmitters here do it, several years ago...on what is now Boise State Public Radio.

PS They played jazz on an FM that had HD but never MPX after pulling it from their AM stereo station and killing stereo there then selling it, it's a sports/talk station now. That FM is now NPR.

Yew hartee Minnesotans got it made, yahdoo!

orange · Sep 27, 2017

I agree with Like A Prayer, that slammed the door when it came out. Also Janet Jackson Rhythm Nation 1814 (that is it's full and correct name). Even the songs about the sad issues make very good noise.

And by the time you get to Love Will Never Do (Without You) the release is sweet. 28 years later it's still a marvel.

Fishoz · Sep 27, 2017

Tomita - Snowflakes are Dancing [soundstage, highs]
Shpongle - God Particle [deep base]
Patricia Barber - Companion. [vocals, quiet base]
Loggins & Messina - On Stage (Vahevala ?). [everything]

marcok · Sep 28, 2017

- Bacharach for balacing the sound image
- Barbra Streisand for female voice
- Deep Purple for high level sound
- Beethoven for violin and piano concertos
- Bach for organ
- and so on

Ciao
Marco

VSAT88 · Sep 28, 2017

Netfly said:
 With some new speaker arriving soon I was wondering - What do you listen to when putting speakers to the test? I mean aside from the test tones and special effects. Here is a list of my favorite dozen speaker testing songs:


 Dr John - Goin' Back To New Orleans - 18 Goin' Back To New Orleans

Free - The Best of Free - 07 - All Right Now

Golden Earring - Moontan - 04 - Radar Love

Heart - Dreamboat Annie - 03 - Crazy On You

James Newton Howard & Friends - Sheffield Lab 'Direct from the Masters' CD-23 - #07 - E-Minor Shuffle

Lee Ritenour - Color Rit - 01 - Bahia FunkView attachment 30428 View attachment 30429

Little Feat - Waiting For Columbus - 09 - Dixie Chicken-Tripe Face Boogie

Little Feat - Hoy-Hoy! - 18 - All That You Dream

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Skynyrd's Innyrds (Greatest Hits) - 01 - Sweet Home Alabama (320)

Moody Blues - Long Distance Voyager - 01 - The Voice

Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon (SACD Remaster) (320-S) - 06 - Money

Steely Dan - Pretzel Logic - 03 - Any Major Dude Will Tell You

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What's on your list?

Dang, with speaker test .mp3's at that ! Little Feat, aw yeah ! (edit) I just listened to a few, great job on those. That Lee Ritenour - Color Rit - 01 - Bahia Funk was a bit scary on the SDA-SRS 2's.

Netfly · Sep 28, 2017

James Newton Howard & Friends - Sheffield Lab 'Direct from the Masters' CD-23 - #07 - E-Minor Shuffle

Late in the song, this one has one of the lowest bass notes I've heard in any song. Close to 20hz I'm guessing. That will move the dust.

BubbaH · Sep 28, 2017

My favorite song to impress when cranking the system has to be,

Industrial Disease - Dire Straits.

Anything produced by Bob Rock usually hits home, The Cult's Sonic Temple, Motley Crue's S/T album(Drum sound is killer, especially Hooligan's Holiday), Metallica's Black album, Bon Jovi's New Jersey to name a few. Bob Rock just knew how to make an album sound beefy.

Any Devin Townsend music can generally impress.

Cher's Just Like Jesse James, and Stevie Nicks Talk To Me are always good too.

Many more no doubt but these just came to the top of my melon.

laatsch55 · Sep 28, 2017

Shit, Forgot Moby-" Play" Track 4 "Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad"....

The lowest.....sustained...bass note I've heard...and it's recorded crisp,. not flabby bass, crisp bass....

What do you like to listen to when putting speakers to the test?

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