anyone knows what kind of music/titles to be played to demo a sound system? i just finished upgrading my system and i want to hear how my lows, mids and highs are doing...

 

firehouse five plus two..........they're a washboard/jamband type of group.....that's a true test!!! checks all imaging and staging and everything!!!.......also maybe try some pipe organ music.....but be careful with it cause it's been known to fry amps/subs/speakers when ran hard....it will give your drivers a work-out....

 

also look into some pink floyd, dave matthews, alice in chains.....I usually listen to a multitude of CD's when i upgrade something to test it out....

 

hmmm... nice... aight ill look into it... i was thinking of the song of claire marlo but not "til they take my heart away".. i know there's one title which i 4got that is also being used to test the complete system... hmmm??? any specific titles of the said band sci_tc?

 

the Firehouse Five plus Two is hard to find.....maybe on the internet....most people don't like it for the music cause it's similar to a bluegrass/country/jam music.......but i'm sure it's on the net somewhere........Pipe organ music can be found on the IASCA competition disc i think....but I'm not sure......ummm.....the whole gravedigger CD (Dave Matthews) sounds really good on a system......Pink Floyd's 2 disc Echoes album........Alice in Chains-Jar of Flies ........what kind of music are you into??? Peter Frampton always sounds good too!!!!!!

hmmm....Phish-Hoist..........Little Feat........

really just depends on your taste in music and such....

 

im into anything form rap, jazz, rock, oldies... anything that pleases my ears... not genre specific... just wanna see how clear my component speakers go...

 

Focal sells some demo discs which are specifically set up for this.

you can find them on ebay, or at http://www.focal-america.com/

 

get some lil jon. Go put that crunk juice or kings of crunk in, and you will know how your system sounds. Also if you wanna test the bass get Monster Musik by Juelz Santana the bass line makes most cars shake.

 

don't download music from the internet to check sound quality! mp3 is too lossy if you have a good system.

get good prerecorded Alicia keys or something or lil jon. Something new (better recording techniques) and mainstream. (better studios)

 

yes get a demo disc...and a pink noise generator if your going to time align etc.....

 

Thats where your wrong. VBR mp3 that you can download are almost identical to the wav files off the cd. Since the bitrate can change to allocate more bits where needed, it also produces a smaller size by adding less bits where there is silence. Now if you're talking 128k im with you but 192k or vbr mp3 will almost be identical to the cds i know this for a fact.