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top 10 audio test tracks


mattbowey

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I guess this will be very personal thing, depends what you like :shrug:

 

Daft Punk - Around the World

Dire Straits - Money For Nothing

JJ72 - October Swimmer

Pink Floyd - Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts 1-7)

Run DMC - Walk This Way

Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Hanuman

Ian Brown - Stellify

Visage - Fade to Grey [Extended]

Muse - New Born

Jean-Michel Jarre - Oxygene 7 (Sash! Rmx Single Edit)

 

Here is ten....... I have too many to choose from :headhurt:

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Ying Yang Twins - Salt Shaker

Lil' Jon - Get Low

Pink Floyd - Money

AC DC - Back In Black

Jill Scott - Hate on me

Prodigy - You'll be under my wheels

Jimi Hendrix - All along the watchtower

Genesis - Jesus he knows me

In flames - Reroute to remain

Buddy Guy - Baby please don't leave me

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To test clrity I find Broken Stones by Paul Weller is pretty good, also Live Forever by Oasis is a favourite.

 

I have just set up my system at home after moving and spent a good couple of hours on the sofa 'road testing it'

 

As doogyrev will testify I have a few tracks on my HD but I always come back to the old favourites....

 

The above 2 plus....

 

Heaven - Talking Heads (Acoustic & Bass Guitar) from Stop making Sense :cloud9::cloud9:

 

Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

 

Stairway To Heaven - Led Zep

 

I Am The Ressurection - Stone Roses

 

Girlfriend In A Come - The Smiths

 

Moments In Love - The Art Of Noise

 

That's All - Genesis

 

All depends what you want to test though really :thumbs:

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cheers for the input guys.

 

i know its all what you are into but i have such a broad taste in music, i listen to pretty much anything and like all sorts for different reasons.

 

just thought i would ask for others opinions so i can have a listen and see what i think will best test the set up even if they arent my favourite songs

 

thanks again

matt

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not sure of all artists here but - skinny boots for piano and vocals test how soft the system is

 

something dancy like that nicole song to test the overall niceness plus puncy bass

 

lil wayne 6 foot 7 foot for the drop

 

lady gaga starstuck for the drop

 

adele to see vocal clarity

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Any original Michael Jackson song. They have some of the highest production values of any music ever made, and stuff like the Thriller album will prove a real test of any audio equipment. Pretty much all modern music is simply too compressed to give a realistic tone quality. Try some of Sting's stuff as well: Fields Of Gold has some seriously complex layering which will only come out with a decent setup. Make sure you do it either from the CD direct or from a lossless source too (so that rules out anything downloaded from iTunes or similar).

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