Music for testing Audio Equipment

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"Best music to test audio equipment with."

 

There can be only one answer to that question: Play what you like and what you are familiar with - regardless of genre. The sound of the stereo has to please you, not some self-appointed arbiter of taste such as magazines like Stereophile and The Absolute Sound tend to be. Only you know what you want your system to sound like. Some go for neutral, accurate sound (like me). others like big bass, bold mids and bright sparkling highs, with no concern about how this differs from the sound of real music, played in a real space. But that's why it's your stereo. It exists to make you happy. So "voice" your system using the music that you listen to and leave all the "recommended" test material to the recommenders!

 

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This is the right and only way: Your taste and your gear on your listening room SQ playing the music you love and know.

 

Roch

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not audiophile material, but when i sell subwoofers, i play "turn this shit up" and i make the sale every time.

 

 

A chacun son goût

 

Roch

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Here is a brand new one, a bit the same kind of mood.

Incredible SQ;

Sound Liaison Music Shop

 

Now I do love the PANArt hang. Very good to get in to trascendental meditation...!

 

With this great undistorted SQ my only fear was not being able to get out of deep meditation, but because in my country we are in the season of giant thunderstorms a powerful lightning brought me to reality faster than I wanted.

 

Roch

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http://www.marecordings.com/main/product_info.php?products_id=189&osCsid=876e92a15cd6d630fa527f052c3e0535

 

 

Roch

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1 hour ago, christian u said:

I am interested but the price is a bit steep. Is there anywhere on the site where you can hear samples of the music.

 

Please ask them.  At page bottom, "Contact us".

 

Roch

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10 hours ago, christian u said:

I ordered the CD version of this one for 16.50 

I find 40$ for 176 download a bit too much. That is 2x more than the Sound Liaison download in the same sample rate.

 

Extraordinary album from sonics to music !!!

 

Roch

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Another outstanding recording:

"Será Una Noche Original"

http://www.marecordings.com/main/product_info.php?cPath=62&products_id=176

 

 

Roch

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And ... just ripped from the CD:

 

http://www.marecordings.com/main/product_info.php?cPath=50&products_id=14

 

 

16/44.1 and an "old" recording, but some recording engineers could learn something !

 

Roch

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2 hours ago, christian u said:

one more Mare recording;

 

 

listening to the sample, it is well recorded but the bass is all the way to the left making the left channel a bit "heavy".

Seems that everything is recorded direct to a korg Dsd recorder with a stereo microphone, a refreshing approach.

 

Got no bass problems with the DL.

 

Roch

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If you want to test bass response...

 

 

http://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/album/china-hok-man-yim-poems-of-thunder-percussion-hok-man-yim/0636943760222?qref=dpa

 

Roch

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10 minutes ago, jaaptina said:

The first two tracks are great. The first one has very deep bass. A drum as wide as my speaker placement ?. Second track is like a radio play with only cymbals and the like. Very audiophile but also very entertaining ?

 

It is great to subwoofer burn in.

 

I only play it now to drive away the roaches and rats in the neighborhood 

 

Roch

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On 10/12/2017 at 6:25 AM, PAP said:

The man beating the drum is he wearing hearing any protection?

 

He may not have problems affecting his hearing,  but other parts of the body!

How about using boxing groins protectors? 

 

Roch

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8 hours ago, PAP said:

I have the Star Tracks CD. It is well recorded but compared to more recent recordings I don't think it holds up.

Tony Overwaters magnificent bass sound is way better captured here;

 

compared to;

where it sounds more like an electric bass

 

Maybe the comparison is not fair.  The first is a modern audiophile recording, the second a commercial old one.

 

Roch

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13 hours ago, PAP said:

Listening to the youtube audio now. Very beautiful song

There is a strange delay on the voice.

At the end of the song it is not there.

I prefer the sound of the voice at the end.

Where did you download it? I find the song so pretty that I will purchase it despite my dislike of the  electronic/artificial instruments entering at 1.40.

 

Chez Qobuz.

 

Roch

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Will Smith is using this to test audio equipment:

 

 

Roch

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10 hours ago, Priaptor said:

I couldn't agree more.  I have given up on them.  I have been requesting it from them for the last 4 years always to be met with the same "we are a small company and have NO intention to change our ways".  In fact they used to do some downloads on highresaudio and have stopped that.  

 

They have now on their website some albums for DL in Flac 24/88.

 

Roch

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At HDTT: Bob Lark Trio - At Pro Musica - DSF256

 

 

 

Roch

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15 hours ago, blue2 said:

Irish folk band Ranagri "Fort Of The Hare" €19.50 88/24 flac - Stockfisch shop

Allmusic samples

 

Extraordinary recording BTW.    €16.39 for non-EU country.

 

Roch