Sq songs?

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

Vangelis' score for Chariots of Fire is amazing for stage depth, tweeter timbre and width.

 

[xtremekustomz 10+ year member]

Anything from Telarc, the Autosound 2000 cd's. As for popular groups and things like that, it's hard to beat Alice In Chains Unplugged

 

[Bartak1 10+ year member]

As said before...

The Eagles-Hell Freezes Over album

Alice In Chains Unplugged

Two of my favs, should really check them out.

 

[luvinthebass 5,000+ posts]

Good song for use, as well as Paradigm Shift by Liquid Tension Experiment.
I use a variety of songs to test different aspects of the system. Here are some of my list:

For low frequency extension while blending with the front stage, I listen to these:

Ayreon - Day Three Pain

NIN - No you Don't

Hans Zimmer - The Kraken (Pirates sound track)

Orphaned Land - Ocean Land

Tracy Chapman - Fast Car

For checking midbass and imaging:

Aphex Twin - Girl Boy Song

Talking Heads - Papa Legba

Checking for a sibilant tweeter:

Boston - Amanda

Boston - Living for You

For vocals:

Bruce Springsteen - Streets of Philadelphia

Evanescence - Hello

Rush - Resist

Listening for small details and noise:

K-PAX Sound track - July 27th (the 2:00 mark also has some nice low end and then after that, it's very soft and you can really pick out noise and other artifacts... if set up correctly, there are all sorts of neat sounds in this part)

K-PAX Sound track - New Mexico

For sub and midbass transient response:

DragonForce - Storming The Burning Fields

Quo Vadis - On The Shore Of Ithaca

Bury Your Dead - Eyes Wide Shut

I use most, if not all, of those songs when I'm setting things up. I also listen to them a lot as I enjoy all them.

mannn, those are some cool songs, especially the sub and midbass ones

 

[jblayz1 10+ year member]

The Eagles - Hotel California

Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope(the whole album is SQ)

Alice in Chains - Unplugged

 

[06Silver93 10+ year member]

Pink Floyd

Dave Matthews Band

Grateful Dead- if you can find good quality

Pearl Jam

And obviously symphany like music with good bass

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

Get the new Dream Theatre CD Systematic Chaos. Then work your way back through their discography. Tool and Mudvayne work great for SQ too :-D. The Beatles MSFL discography works wonders too. Great demo CDs.

Dream Theater is sick!! i just picked up the cd you mentioned and an older one called "Awake". i started with Awake first and i haven't even heard the whole thing yet and i have to say they are awesome. it right now has my ears ringing! it sounded so good i kept cranking it louder and louder. so i recommend anybody who like rock/metal to pick up some dream theater stuff.

also most stuff from Opeth is awesome as well. especially their new live cd "Roundhouse Tapes". they record their stuff so well.

 

[tcguy85 10+ year member]

And obviously symphany like music with good bass

whats some good symphony music with good bass? where is a good place to start?