What do you listen to if you wanna...

[akshunj]

evaluate a stereo system or system component?

Here's mine, just want to see what everyone else would listen to.

1. Once, Peral Jam
2. Outshined, Soundgarden
3. Cherry Twist, Crystal Method (Vegas track #3)
4. High and Low, Crystal Method (Legion of Boom track #11)
5. Polly, Nirvana (live version from Muddy Banks)
6. Rollin' Down Rodeo, Rage against the Machine
7. Deep, Pearl Jam

[Super Doody]

"One" by Metallica...Justice for All Album. Has both highs and lows.

[hawthorne]

nine inch nails fragile is a great all around album!

[NisAznMonk]

"One" by Metallica...Just for All Album. Has both highs and lows.

I love that song.

I use that and...

1) Marvin Gaye - got to Give it up
2) Bone Thugs and Harmony - Days of our lives
3) Mary J. Blige - Sweet Thing
4) Korn - Here to stay
5) Earth, Wind and Fire - September

[Matt]

"One" by Metallica...Justice for All Album. Has both highs and lows.

Aww man...that is one of the most badly produced Metal albums of all time. Pick a song off the Black Album like Of Wold and Man . That is one of the best produced albums of all time. I prefer AJFA but it's a poorly recorded album. :D

[mudferret]

evaluate a stereo system or system component?

Here's mine, just want to see what everyone else would listen to.

1. Once, Peral Jam
2. Outshined, Soundgarden
3. Cherry Twist, Crystal Method (Vegas track #3)
4. High and Low, Crystal Method (Legion of Boom track #11)
5. Polly, Nirvana (live version from Muddy Banks)
6. Rollin' Down Rodeo, Rage against the Machine
7. Deep, Pearl Jam
I find RATM does a good job of covering all the "bass's" <bad pun alert

[Super Doody]

I find RATM does a good job of covering all the "bass's" <bad pun alert

Fight Club sound track also does a good job of covering all the basses/.

[MDTRD]

evaluate a stereo system or system component?

Here's mine, just want to see what everyone else would listen to.

1. Once, Peral Jam
2. Outshined, Soundgarden
3. Cherry Twist, Crystal Method (Vegas track #3)
4. High and Low, Crystal Method (Legion of Boom track #11)
5. Polly, Nirvana (live version from Muddy Banks)
6. Rollin' Down Rodeo, Rage against the Machine
7. Deep, Pearl Jam

If you have a sub, also try "Shut Up" by Black Eyed Peas.

[TacomaNova]

evaluate a stereo system or system component?

Here's mine, just want to see what everyone else would listen to.

1. Once, Peral Jam
2. Outshined, Soundgarden
3. Cherry Twist, Crystal Method (Vegas track #3)
4. High and Low, Crystal Method (Legion of Boom track #11)
5. Polly, Nirvana (live version from Muddy Banks)
6. Rollin' Down Rodeo, Rage against the Machine
7. Deep, Pearl Jam
Break stuff.. limp bizkit

[Nanotruck]

evaluate a stereo system or system component?

Here's mine, just want to see what everyone else would listen to.

Hot for Teacher, Van Halen
Walk the Line, Johnny Cash
Fantasy, Aldo Nova
Headhunter, Krokus
Rock 'n' Me, Steve Miller Band
New Favorite, Allison Kraus

[78fj40]

evaluate a stereo system or system component?

Here's mine, just want to see what everyone else would listen to.




You may think I'm crazy but I always thought 'Brass Monkey' by the Beastie Boys.

Later....

[akshunj]

I find RATM does a good job of covering all the "bass's" <bad pun alert
YEah speaking of RATM, I f'd up and said Down Rodeo and I really meant People of the Sun. Great bass guitar in that song.

[Pink Taco]

3. Cherry Twist, Crystal Method (Vegas track #3)


what about track #4 on the Vegas CD?

[akshunj]

what about track #4 on the Vegas CD?
I think the entire CD is excellent. There's a lot of subtle, indescernible voices in the background of track #3 you won't hear on a crappy system. That's why I like to use it.

Track #4 would be killer for bass.

[JLtaco]

Jack Johnson #14 on the most recent CD
Techmaster
Bob Marley-crazy baldheads
Rage-Killing in the name of
Metallica-one
*Disclaimer-I'm note sure of all the titles, but you'll get the idea if you have heard the song*

[Bear]

evaluate a stereo system or system component?

Here's mine, just want to see what everyone else would listen to.

1. Once, Peral Jam
2. Outshined, Soundgarden
3. Cherry Twist, Crystal Method (Vegas track #3)
4. High and Low, Crystal Method (Legion of Boom track #11)
5. Polly, Nirvana (live version from Muddy Banks)
6. Rollin' Down Rodeo, Rage against the Machine
7. Deep, Pearl Jam


three doors down first CD ( I can't remember the name of it right now) But it has great gutiar riffs to evaluate highs and mids with. and the bass is deep and rich.

[akshunj]

Jack Johnson #14 on the most recent CD
Techmaster
Bob Marley-crazy baldheads
Rage-Killing in the name of
Metallica-one
*Disclaimer-I'm note sure of all the titles, but you'll get the idea if you have heard the song*
Techmaster as in P.E.B? Those are great CD's for Bass.

[6vamocat]

[QUOTE=akshunj]evaluate a stereo system or system component?

I read an article once that suggested tuning to a disney soundtrack. Afterall, Disney has the resources to ensure a quality sound. When I get around to installing my components, I think I will tune the crossovers to little mermaid. :D

[akshunj]

[QUOTE=akshunj]evaluate a stereo system or system component?

I read an article once that suggested tuning to a disney soundtrack. Afterall, Disney has the resources to ensure a quality sound. When I get around to installing my components, I think I will tune the crossovers to little mermaid. :D
LOL, hey whatever works. My friend tunes by ear exclusively by listening to Yanni.

[camaddy]

Dude- you wanna test out the full range of your system?

Widespread Panic: The first 3 tracks from "Till the Medicine Takes"
1. Surprise Valley
2. Bears Gone Fishin'
3. Climb to Safety

I love the RATM too though...Wake Up is phenominal.

[JLtaco]

Techmaster as in P.E.B? Those are great CD's for Bass.
Techmaster P.E.B rocks! It was popular when I was in high school, and I still dig it. :xpimp:

[98 Taco]

Are we talking top 5?

I have a few artists that I listen to for my D/D, but have others that play in the background when wheeling

D/D Top 5
1. Warren Zevon-Mr Bad Example
2. Steve Earle-
3. John Hiatt-Drive South
4. Uncle Tupelo-Anodyne
5. Bob Mould-Workbook

Wheeling CD's
1. Derailers
2. Dave Edmunds
3. Jackson Browne
4. Old Crow Medicine Show
5. Robbie Fulks

[Fishbone]

"One" by Metallica...Justice for All Album. Has both highs and lows.

My and a friend were just talking about this album. The bass in it is unreal. I like to crank it in the truck, nothing else sounds quite like it....

[Fishbone]

Aww man...that is one of the most badly produced Metal albums of all time. Pick a song off the Black Album like Of Wold and Man . That is one of the best produced albums of all time. I prefer AJFA but it's a poorly recorded album. :D

For REAL??? If that's what a poorly produced album sounds like, I wish more were recorded poorly. I think it's one of the greatest sounding albums....EVER. just my .02

[synovus]

My critical listening selections:

1. Miles Davis: Kind of Blue (Sony's Single Bit Mastering edition); Any track
2. Mokave: Volume 1; Any track ("Leather Cats" and "At Play in the Fields" are great tests for tonal accuracy)
3. Phish: The Story of the Ghost; "Guyute" and "Limb by Limb"
4. Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon; 'nuff said...
5. Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder: Talking Timbuktu; Any track, but especially "Amandrai"
6. Radiohead: either Kid A or Amnesiac; both great albums with phenomenal production
7. Prince: Rainbow Children; "1+1+1 is 3", "Muse to the Pharoah", "The Work, Part 1", and "Family Name"
8. Skinny Puppy: Too Dark Park; Crazy stuff, literally all over the audible range.
9. Paul Simon: Rhythm of the Saints; "The Obvious Child" and "Further to Fly"
10. Sting: Nothing Like the Sun...; "Englishman in New York"
11. Grateful Dead: American Beauty; Any song
12. Dead Can Dance: A Passage In Time; "The Host of Seraphim" and "Bird"

Honorable mentions:
- Trey Anastasio: Trey Anastasio
- Beck: Mutations
- John Scofield: Bump or A Go-Go
- Scolohofo: oh!
- Phish: Undermind
- Charlie Hunter Quartet: Natty Dread
- Bill Frisell: Gone, Just Like a Train
- Bjork: Post
- Fleetwood Mac: Greatest Hits
- Yo Yo Ma & Bobby McFerrin: Hush
- Tracy Chapman: Tracy Chapman
- The Cure: Mixed Up
- Deicide: Once Upon the Cross


But for setting up a system and initial tuning, I always use test discs first, such as Alpine's Test Drive and others with primarily test tones.

[akshunj]

But for setting up a system and initial tuning, I always use test discs first, such as Alpine's Test Drive and others with primarily test tones.
Is that the disc Shefield made for Alpine? I have not gotten to listen to that. I have this program for the PC that will make tones in wav or MP3 format. It won't make a sweep though.

[synovus]

No, the Alpine disc I've got is an older one. The Sheffield test discs are the best available, in my opinion. There's another one I've used that was really good, but it was a local shop's disc, and the name is escaping me right now. I'll let you know if/when I remember it.

Tones in an MP3 format? That's no good. It's like using a dirty beaker in a lab experiment. I wouldn't mess with a burned disc for test tones. Think about it... the cost of a Sheffield disc is nothing compared to what you're likely putting toward your system. If you're setting up a quality system, then use quality tools. That's my belief, anyway. LOL